The Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“1949 Act” means the Registered Designs Act 1949;

“1994 Act” means the Trade Marks Act 1994;

“2005 Regulations” means the Community Design Regulations 2005(1);

“continuing unregistered Community design” has the meaning given by regulation 4(2);

“Design Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12th December 2001 on Community Designs as amended by Council Regulation (EC) 1891/2006 of 18th December 2006 to give effect to the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs and by the Decision of the European Union of 5th December 2011 on the admission of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union;

“Registered Designs Rules” means the Registered Designs Rules 2006(2); and

“Trade Marks Rules” means the Trade Marks Rules 2008(3).

(1)

S.I. 2005/2339, amended by S.I. 2006/1028, 2007/3378, 2011/1043 and 2014/2400 and the Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017, c.14.

(2)

S.I. 2006/1975, as amended by S.I. 2008/2683, 2009/546, 2013/444 and 2014/2405.

(3)

S.I. 2008/1797, as amended by S.I. 2009/546, S.I. 2009/2089, S.I. 2012/1003, S.I. 2013/2235, S.I. 2018/825; there are other amending instruments but none are relevant.