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IP/N/1/GBR/D/18  
 
28 September 2020  
(20-6569)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
UNITED KINGDOM : THE REGISTERED DESIGNS REGULATIONS 2003  
Notifying Member  UNITED KINGDOM  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title The Registered Designs Regulations 2003  
Subject matter  Industrial designs  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2020/IP/GBR/20_5732_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/GBR/11, IP/N/1/GBR/D/6 ; IP/N/1/GBR/D/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The Regulations implement Article 11 of Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs insofar as that Article refers or applies 
to the registration of a Community design or an applica tion for such registration. The Regulations 
amend the Registered Designs Act 1949 by including further grounds upon which the registrar of 
designs may refuse an application or a third party may request a declaration of invalidity. The 
Regulations also set out transitional provisions relating to pending applications, transitional 
registrations and resulting registrations.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  1 April 2003;  
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/550/contents/made  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  19 August 2020  IP/N/1/GBR/39 • IP/N/1/GBR/D/18  
 
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  Other information  http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/550/contents/made  - 
Amends/replaces: The Registered Designs Act 1949  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  UK Intellectual Property Office  
 
Concept House  
Cardiff Road  
Newport  
South Wales  
NP10 8QQ  
United Kingdom  
 
information@ipo.gov.uk  
 
0300 300 2000  
 
Outside the UK:  
+44 (0)1633 814000  
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.   