The Registered Designs Rules 1995

REGISTRATION OF ASSIGNMENTS, ETC

Procedure for application for registration

42.—(1) An application under section 19(1) or (2) for the registration of the title of any person becoming entitled by assignment, transmission or operation of law to a registered design or to a share in a registered design, or becoming entitled as mortgagee, licensee or otherwise to any interest in a registered design shall be made on Designs Form 12A.

(2) An application under paragraph (1) above shall—

(a) where it relates to an assignment as mentioned in section 19(1) or (2), be signed by or on behalf of the parties thereto;

(b) where it relates to a mortgage or the granting of a licence as mentioned in section 19(1) or (2), be signed by or on behalf of the mortgagor or the grantor of the licence, as the case may be;

or be accompanied by such documentary evidence as suffices to establish the assignment, transmission or operation of law.

(3) The registrar may direct that such evidence as he may require in connection with the application should be furnished within such period as he may specify.

Other transaction, event or document

43.  Application may be made in writing for entry in the register of notification of any transaction, event or document other than those referred to in rule 42 purporting to affect the proprietorship of, or any interest in, a registered design. The registrar may direct that such evidence as he may require in connection with the application should be furnished within such period as he may specify.

Particulars to be provided

44.  An application under rule 42(1) above shall contain the name and address of the person claiming or stated to be entitled together with full particulars of the transaction, event or document under which title is claimed or given.

Cancellation of claim to be mortgagee or licensee

45.  Where the name of a person is entered in the register as mortgagee or licensee, such person may on making an application on Designs Form 12A have a note entered in the register that he no longer claims to be mortgagee or licensee, as the case may be. The registrar may direct that such evidence as he may require in connection with the application should be furnished within such period as he may specify.

Alteration of name or address

46.—(1) A request by any person upon the alteration of his name for that alteration to be entered in the register or on any application or other document filed at the Patent Office shall be made on Designs Form 16A.

(2) Before acting on a request to alter a name, the registrar may require such proof of the alteration as he thinks fit.

(3) A request by any person for the alteration or correction of his address or address for service entered in the register or on any application or other document filed at the Patent Office shall be made in writing and shall identify the entry in the register or the application or other document to which the request relates.

(4) Where any person files a form under these Rules and on that form he specifies as his address or address for service an address which differs from the address or address for service (as the case may be) which he has previously furnished to the registrar, he shall be deemed, in relation to the design to which the form relates, to have made a request in writing under paragraph (3) above in respect of any address or address for service of his (as the case may be) entered in the register and on any application or other document filed at the Patent Office.

(5) If the registrar is satisfied that the request to alter a name, address or address for service may be allowed, he shall cause the register, application or other document to be altered accordingly.