# Registered Designs Act 1949, Paragraph 18: Restoration of application for registered Community design


(1) This paragraph applies where—
(a) before IP completion day an application for a registered Community design is refused pursuant to the Community Design Regulation; and
(b) on or after IP completion day the application is restored pursuant to Article 67 of the Continuing Community Design Regulation (a “relevant application”).
(2) Where a person who has filed a relevant application or a successor in title of that person applies for registration of the same design under this Act within a period beginning with IP completion day and ending with the end of the relevant period, the relevant date for the purposes of establishing whether the design which is the subject of the application under this Act is new or has individual character is the earliest of—
(a) the filing date accorded pursuant to Article 38 to the relevant application;
(b) the date of priority (if any) claimed under Article 42 in respect of the relevant application.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2), the “relevant period” means the period of nine months beginning with the day on which the application is restored as referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/88/schedule/1A/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-act-1949/schedule-1A/paragraph-18
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