The Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1989

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules revoke and replace the Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1988. Certain of the Forms in respect of which fees were payable under the revoked Rules have been amalgamated. The resulting, amalgamated Forms are Forms 2A, 9A, 12A and 25A. The fees payable under the Registered Designs Act 1949: (1) in respect of the items covered by Forms 6, 7, 8, 9A, 16, 21, 23 and 25A, (2) in respect of some of the items covered by Forms 2A, 12A and 18, (3) in respect of the inspection of the Register of Designs and of certain documents held in the Patent Office and (4) for the supply by the Registrar of certain uncertified copies and extracts, are increased. New fees are introduced to be paid on Forms 29, 30 and 31. In addition, a fee will now be payable in respect of an application for the cancellation of the registration of a design under section 11(3) of the 1949 Act.

The items for which fees are charged on Forms 12A and 16 differ in some respects from the items for which fees were charged on the equivalent forms under the revoked Rules: (1) the fees payable in respect of the filing of Form 12A will no longer increase with the passage of time from the date of the event being recorded, (2) a fee has been introduced for the recording of the alteration of a name in any document filed at the Patent Office and (3) there is no longer a fee for the recording of the alteration of an address entered on the Register.

The new fees come into effect on 1st August 1989. It is estimated that the result of the introduction of the new fees will be that the total amount of fees relating to registered designs collected by the Patent Office in its financial year ending 31st March 1990 will be five per cent greater than the total amount collected in its previous financial year.