Section 12B Application of the Act to certain international designsF1

Schedule 1B makes provision—

(a)

for certain designs which are registered in the international register maintained by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization in respect of which the European Union is designated (including certain designs whose registration has expired) to be treated as registered under this Act with effect from F2IP completion day, and

(b)

about certain applications made before IP completion day to register in the international register maintained by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization a design in respect of which the European Union is designated.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Ss. 12A, 12B inserted (31.12.2020) by The Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/638), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in s. 12B substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/638, Sch. 3 para. 2 (31.12.2020) by The Intellectual Property (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1050), regs. 1(2), 21(b)