# The Community Design Regulations 2005, Regulation 2: Unjustified threats: threats of infringement proceedings

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A communication contains a “threat of infringement proceedings” if a reasonable person in the position of a recipient would understand from the communication that—
(a) a supplementary unregistered design exists, and
(b) a person intends to bring proceedings (whether in a court in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) against another person for infringement of the supplementary unregistered design by—
(i) an act done in the United Kingdom, or
(ii) an act which, if done, would be done in the United Kingdom.
(2) References in this regulation and in regulation 2C to a “recipient” include, in the case of a communication directed to the public or a section of the public, references to a person to whom the communication is directed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2339/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/community-design-regulations-2005/regulation-2
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