Article 2

For rule 1 there shall be substituted the following rule:—

“1

(1)

Any person who desires to appeal to the Registered Designs Appeal Tribunal from a decision of the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (in these Rules referred to as “the Registrar”) in any case in which a right of appeal is given by the Registered Designs Act 1949 (in these Rules referred to as “the Act”) shall file with the registrar of the Appeal Tribunal at the Royal Courts of Justice, London, a notice of appeal in the form set out in the schedule to these Rules.

(2)

The notice of appeal shall be filed—

(a)

in the case of a decision on a matter of procedure, within 14 days after the date of the decision; and

(b)

in any other case, within six weeks after the date of the decision.

(3)

The Registrar may determine whether any decision is on a matter of procedure and any such determination shall itself be a decision on a matter of procedure.”