# Registered Designs Act 1949, Paragraph 4: Effect of claim of priority


(1) This paragraph applies where a right of priority has been claimed in accordance with Article 42 in respect of an existing registered Community design.
(2) The proprietor of the re-registered design which derives from the existing registered Community design is to be treated on and after IP completion day as having the same claim of priority.
(3) Accordingly, the relevant date for the purposes of establishing whether (or to what extent) the re-registered design is new or has individual character is the date of filing of the application for registration of a design in a convention country which formed the basis for the claim of priority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/88/schedule/1A/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-act-1949/schedule-1A/paragraph-4
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