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Intellectual Property Act 2014

Intellectual Property Act 2014

2014 CHAPTER 18

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Part 1: DESIGNS

Section 14: UK Registered designs – Offences committed by partnerships

56.Section 14 inserts new subsections into existing section 35A of the RDA to introduce specific provisions dealing with how partners are treated where offences under the RDA are committed by a partnership. Proceedings for such offences are to be brought in the name of the partnership, but partners may also be liable unless they can be shown not to have been aware of the offence or to have tried to stop it from being committed. The new subsections take account of the different legal systems in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

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