TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Supplementary unregistered design
Article 1
1
A design which complies with the conditions contained in this Regulation is referred to as a “
supplementary unregistered design
”.
2
A design shall be protected as a supplementary unregistered design, if made available to the public in the manner provided for in this Regulation.
3
But a design that is made available to the public before IP completion day is not protected under this Regulation.
Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/638), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 2 (with reg. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. 1) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1050, regs. 1(2), 14, 17(a), 19); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)