Article 42 Address for service

United Kingdom

(1)

For the purposes of any proceedings under the Act, an address for service shall be furnished by—

(a)

an applicant for the registration of a design;

(b)

a person who makes an application under section 11ZB for a declaration of invalidity of a registered design;

(c)

the registered proprietor of the design who opposes such an application F1;

F2(d)

a proprietor of a re-registered design who sends a derogation notice to the registrar under rule 15A.

(2)

The proprietor of a registered design, or any person who has registered any interest in a registered design, may furnish an address for service on Form DF1A.

(3)

Where a person has furnished an address for service under paragraph (1) or (2), he may substitute a new address for service by notifying the registrar on Form DF1A.

F3(4)

An address for service furnished under this Rule shall be an address in the United Kingdom, F4Gibraltar or the Channel Islands.

F5(6)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Rule 42(1)(c): semicolon substituted for word by The Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/638), reg. 1, Sch. 6 para. 8(2) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1050, regs. 1(2), 24(d)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Rule 42(1)(d) inserted by The Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/638), reg. 1, Sch. 6 para. 8(3) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1050, regs. 1(2), 24(d)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Rule 42(4) substituted for rule 42(4)(5) (6.4.2009) by The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/546), rules 1, 6
F4: Word in rule 42(4) substituted (1.1.2021) by The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/1317), rules 1(1), 4(a) (with rules 6-8)
F5: Rule 42(6) omitted (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/1317), rules 1(1), 4(b) (with rules 6-8)