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The Registered Designs Rules 1995
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- 1995 No. 2912
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- Rule 2
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2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means the Registered Designs Act 1949 and “section” means a section of the Act;
“convention application” means an application in the United Kingdom under section 14;
“Journal” means the Official Journal (Patents) published by the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks under the Patents Act 1977(1);
“register” means the register of designs kept under section 17;
“specimen” means an article with the design applied to it;
“textile article” means textile and plastics piece goods, handkerchiefs, shawls and such other classes of articles of a similar character as the registrar may from time to time decide, for which the protection required is limited to features of pattern and ornament only;
“United Kingdom” includes the Isle of Man.
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