Settlement of terms where design right owner unknownU.K.
13.—(1) [Commencement of proceedings] Where a person making an application under rule 10(1)(a) or (b) is unable (after making such inquiries as he considers reasonable) to discover the identity of the design right owner or, as the case may be, the copyright owner, he shall serve with his notice under that rule a statement to that effect, setting out particulars of the inquiries made by him as to the identity of the owner of the right and the result of those inquiries.
(2) The Comptroller may require the applicant to make such further inquiries into the indentity of the owner of the right as he thinks fit and, may for that purpose, require him to publish in such a manner as the Comptroller considers appropriate particulars of the application.
(3) The Comptroller shall, upon being satisfied from the applicant’s statement or the further inquiries made under paragraph (2) above that the identity of the owner of the right cannot be discovered, consider the application and settle the terms of the licence.
Commencement Information
I1Rule 13 in force at 1.8.1989, see rule 1