http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1989/1130

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1130/article/13

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

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1992-05-11

These Rules prescribe the forms, fees and the procedure to be followed in connection with proceedings before the Comptroller in relation to–disputes on the subsistence or term of design right or the identity of the person in whom the right first vested;the settlement of the terms of a licence which is made available in the public interest or as of right in the last five years of design right or of copyright in respect of a design recorded or embodied in a design document or model made before 1st August 1989;the settlement of the terms of a licence where the design right or copyright owner is unknown and for the variation of those terms if and when his identity is discovered; andthe adjustment of the terms of a licence granted before 1st August 1989 in respect of a design recorded or embodied in a design document or model before that date.

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

rule. 4

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) (Amendment) Rules 1999

rule. 3

rule. 1(2)

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

rule. 5(1)(2)

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) (Amendment) Rules 1999

rule. 4(a)

rule. 1(2)

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

rule. 5(7)(8)

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) (Amendment) Rules 1999

rule. 4(b)

rule. 1(2)

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

rule. 18A

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) (Amendment) Rules 1999

rule. 5

rule. 1(1)

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

rule. 20(1)

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) (Amendment) Rules 1999

rule. 6

rule. 1(2)

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

rule. 21(a)(b)

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) (Amendment) Rules 1999

rule. 7(a)

rule. 1(1)

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

rule. 21(b)

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) (Amendment) Rules 1999

rule. 7(b)

rule. 1(1)

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

rule. 21

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) (Amendment) Rules 1999

rule. 7(c)

rule. 1(1)

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

rule 23(1A)

The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service) Rules 2009

rule 3

rule 1

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

rule 18A

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) (Amendment) Rules 1999

rule 5

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

rule 23(1A)

The Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Sch. 8

para. 14

reg. 1

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

rule 23(1A)

The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address For Service and Time Limits, etc) Rules 2006

rule 3(3)

rule 1

The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

rule 23(1A)

The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2020

rule 5(2)

rules 6-8

rule 1(1)

Settlement of terms where design right owner unknownI113

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.