# Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs, Article 15: Claims relating to the entitlement to a supplementary unregistered design

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

1. If a supplementary unregistered ... design is disclosed or claimed by ... a person who is not entitled to it under Article 14, the person entitled to it under that provision may, without prejudice to any other remedy which may be open to him, claim to become recognised as the legitimate holder of that design.
2. Where a person is jointly entitled to a supplementary unregistered design, that person may, in accordance with paragraph 1, claim to become recognised as joint holder.
3. Legal proceedings under paragraphs 1 or 2 shall be barred three years after ... the date of disclosure of a supplementary unregistered ... design. This provision shall not apply if the person who is not entitled to that design was acting in bad faith at the time when such design was ... disclosed or was assigned to him.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/6/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-6/article-15
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