[F13 Applications for registration.U.K.
(1)An application for the registration of a design[F2or designs] F3... shall be filed at the Patent Office in the prescribed manner.
F4(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)An application for the registration of a design[F5or designs] in which national unregistered design right subsists shall be made by the person claiming to be the design right owner.
F6(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)An application for the registration of a design which, owing to any default or neglect on the part of the applicant, has not been completed so as to enable registration to be effected within such time as may be prescribed shall be deemed to be abandoned.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 3-3D substituted (9.12.2001) for s. 3 by S.I. 2001/3949, reg. 4 (with transitional provisions in regs. 10-14)
F2Words in s. 3(1) inserted (1.10.2006) by Regulatory Reform (Registered Designs) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1974), arts. 1(1), 11(2)
F3Words in s. 3(1) omitted (1.10.2014) by virtue of Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 12(2), 24(1); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.
F4S. 3(2) omitted (1.10.2014) by virtue of Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 6(2), 24(1); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.
F5Words in s. 3(3) inserted (1.10.2006) by Regulatory Reform (Registered Designs) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1974), arts. 1(1), 11(4)
F6S. 3(4) omitted (1.10.2006) by virtue of Regulatory Reform (Registered Designs) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1974), arts. 1(1), 4