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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As published

220 Qualification by reference to first marketing.

(1) A design which does not qualify for design right protection under section 218 or 219 (qualification by reference to designer... or employer) qualifies for design right protection if the first marketing of articles made to the design— (a) is by a qualifying person ..., and (b) takes place in the United Kingdom or, another country to which this Part extends by virtue of an Order under section 255, .... (2) If the first marketing of articles made to the design is done jointly by two or more persons, the design qualifies for design right protection if any of those persons meets the requirement specified in subsection (1)(a). (3) In such a case only the persons who meet that requirement are entitled to design right under section 215(4) (first ownership of design right: entitlement of first marketer of articles made to the design). (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Your change, as a redline

220 Qualification by reference to first marketing.

(1) A design which does not qualify for design right protection under section 218 or 219 (qualification by reference to designer... or employer) qualifies for design right protection if the first marketing of articles made to the design— (a) is by a qualifying person ..., and (b) takes place in the United Kingdom or, another country to which this Part extends by virtue of an Order under section 255, .... (2) If the first marketing of articles made to the design is done jointly by two or more persons, the design qualifies for design right protection if any of those persons meets the requirement specified in subsection (1)(a). (3) In such a case only the persons who meet that requirement are entitled to design right under section 215(4) (first ownership of design right: entitlement of first marketer of articles made to the design). (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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