# The Registered Designs Rules 2006, Article 7: Convention applications

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Where an application for the registration of a design or designs is made by virtue of section 14 the applicant shall comply with the following provisions.
(2) The application shall contain a declaration specifying—
(a) the date of making of each convention application; and
(b) the country it was made in or in respect of.
(3) The applicant shall, before the end of the period of 3 months beginning immediately after the date on which the application was filed, file at the Patent Office a copy of the representation of the design that was the subject of each convention application.
(4) A copy of the representation filed under paragraph (3) shall be—
(a) duly certified by the authority with which it was filed; or
(b) verified to the satisfaction of the registrar.
(5) Paragraph (3) shall not apply where a copy of the convention application is kept at the Patent Office.
(6) Where any document relating to the convention application is in a language other than English or Welsh, the registrar may direct the applicant to provide a translation of the whole or any part of that document.
(7) The translation shall be filed before the end of the period of 3 months beginning immediately after the date of the direction.
(8) Where the applicant—
(a) fails to file a copy of the representation of the design which has been certified or verified in accordance with paragraph (4); or
(b) fails to comply with a direction given under paragraph (6),
the convention application shall be disregarded for the purposes of section 14(2).
(9) In this rule “convention application” means an application for the protection of a design which has been made in a convention country.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1975/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-rules-2006/article-7
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