Propose a change

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

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What to do with it
As published

219 Qualification by reference to employer.

(1) A design qualifies for design right protection if it is created in the course of employment with a qualifying person. (2) In the case of ... joint employment a design qualifies for design right protection if any of the ... employers is a qualifying person. (3) Where a design which is ... created in the course of joint employment qualifies for design right protection under this section, only those ... employers who are qualifying persons are entitled to design right under section 215(3) (first ownership of design right: entitlement of ... employer).

Your change, as a redline

219 Qualification by reference to employer.

(1) A design qualifies for design right protection if it is created in the course of employment with a qualifying person. (2) In the case of ... joint employment a design qualifies for design right protection if any of the ... employers is a qualifying person. (3) Where a design which is ... created in the course of joint employment qualifies for design right protection under this section, only those ... employers who are qualifying persons are entitled to design right under section 215(3) (first ownership of design right: entitlement of ... employer).

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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