53 Things done in reliance on registration of design.U.K.
(1)The copyright in an artistic work is not infringed by anything done—
(a)in pursuance of an assignment or licence made or granted by a person registered under the M1Registered Designs Act 1949 as the proprietor of a corresponding design, and
(b)in good faith in reliance on the registration and without notice of any proceedings for the cancellation [F1or invalidation] of the registration or for rectifying the relevant entry in the register of designs;
and this is so notwithstanding that the person registered as the proprietor was not the proprietor of the design for the purposes of the 1949 Act.
(2)In subsection (1) a “corresponding design”, in relation to an artistic work, means a design within the meaning of the 1949 Act which if applied to an article would produce something which would be treated for the purposes of this Part as a copy of the artistic work.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 53(1)(b) inserted (9.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3949, reg. 9(1), Sch. 1 para. 16 (with transitional provisions in regs. 10-14)
Marginal Citations