The Appointed Person (Designs) Rules 2015
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2015/169 |
| Year | 2015 |
2015No. 169
DESIGNS
The Appointed Person (Designs) Rules 2015
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The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by section 36 of the Registered Designs Act 1949( 1) and section 250 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988( 2) makes the following Rules.
Citation and commencement
1. These Rules may be cited as the Appointed Person (Designs) Rules 2015 and come into force on 6th April 2015.
Interpretation
2.-(1) In these Rules-
"the appointed person" means a person appointed by the Lord Chancellor under section 27B of the Registered Designs Act;
"the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act" means the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;
"design right" means design right within the meaning of Part III of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act;
"published" means published on the Intellectual Property Office official webpages and any amendment or modification of a form shall also be published on the Intellectual Property Office official webpages;
"registered design" means a design registered under the Registered Designs Act;
"the Registered Designs Act" means the Registered Designs Act 1949;
"the registrar" means the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks and includes references to the comptroller under Part III of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act;
"the 2006 Rules" means the Registered Design Rules 2006( 3).
(2) In these Rules a reference to a form is a reference to that form as issued under directions under section 31A of the Registered Designs Act or rules under section 250 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act.
Decision of the registrar
3. In relation to a registered design, where a party has not been given a statement of the grounds of a decision in relation to any proceedings before the registrar, any party may, within one month beginning immediately after the date of the decision, make a request on a published form for the registrar to send a statement of the reasons for a decision and upon such request the registrar shall send such a statement, and the date of that statement shall be deemed to be the date of the registrar's decision for the purpose of any appeal against it.
Decisions subject to appeal
4.-(1) Under these Rules an appeal lies from any decision of the registrar made under: sections 3A, 3B, 11, 11ZA to 11ZE, 11A and 11AB of the Registered Designs Act and sections 246, 247 and 248 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, including a decision which terminates the proceedings as regards one of the parties or a decision awarding costs to any party ("a final decision") or a decision which is made at any point in the proceedings prior to a final decision ("an interim decision").
(2) An interim decision (including a decision...
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