Amendment of section 35 of the Registered Designs Act 19496

In section 35 of the Registered Designs Act 19493 (fine for falsely representing a design as registered), after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—

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For the purposes of this section, the use in the United Kingdom in relation to a design—

a

of the word “registered”, or

b

of any other word or symbol importing a reference (express or implied) to registration,

shall be deemed to be a representation as to registration under this Act unless it is shown that the reference is to registration elsewhere than in the United Kingdom and that the design is in fact so registered.