EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Registered Designs (Isle of Man) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2533) and the Trade Marks (Isle of Man) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2601) to make further modifications to the Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88) and the Trade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26) respectively in their application to the Isle of Man.

The amendments made by the Order replicate for the Isle of Man amendments in connection with the United Kingdom leaving the European Union made to those Acts as they have effect in the United Kingdom by the Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/265), the Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/638) and the Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/269).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.