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2014 No. 2330 (C. 100) Intellectual Property The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2014 Made 28th August 2014 The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 23(1)(b), 24(1) and 24(2) of the Intellectual Property Act 2014.
Propose a changeThis Order may be cited as the Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2014.
Propose a changeIn this Order— “the Act” means the Intellectual Property Act 2014; and “the commencement date” means 1st October 2014.
Propose a changeThe day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in the Schedule is the commencement date.
Propose a changeSection 6(1) of the Act does not apply to— (a) any design created before the commencement date, or (b) any design created on or after the commencement date in pursuance of a commission (irrespective of whether the design was commissioned before, on or after the commencement date) provided that— (i) the designer and the commissioner of the design have entered into a contract relating to the commission of the design, and (ii) the contract was entered into before the commencement date.
Propose a changeSection 15 of the Act does not apply in respect of the infringement of a patent referred to in section 62(1) of the Patents Act 1977 where the infringement occurred before the commencement date.
Propose a changeSection 16(4) of the Act applies where a request for an opinion is made under section 74A(1) of the Patents Act 1977 on or after the commencement date.
Propose a changeSection 18 of the Act does not apply in respect of an application for a patent under the Patents Act 1977 whose date of filing is before the commencement date.
Propose a change(1) Paragraph 6 of the Schedule to the Act applies where, under the European Patent Convention, a European patent (UK) is restored on or after the commencement date. (2) In this article, “European Patent Convention” and “European patent (UK)” have the meanings given to those terms in section 130(1) of the Patents Act 1977.
Propose a changeArticle 3 Unregistered Design Right Section 1 (meaning of “design” and “original”) Section 2 (ownership of design) Section 3 (qualification criteria) Section 4 (infringement: exceptions) Registered Community Design Section 5 (infringement: exception) Registered Designs Section 6 (ownership of design and application for registration) Section 7 (right of prior use) Section 8 (accession to the Hague Agreement) Section 9(1) (the register: changes of ownership) Section 10(1) (legal proceedings) Section 11 (opinions service) Section 12 (use of directions by the registrar) Section 13 (offence of unauthorised copying etc. of design in course of business) Section 14 (offences committed by partnerships) Patents Section 15 (infringement: marking product with internet link) Section 16 (opinions service) Section 17 (Unified Patent Court) Section 18 (sharing information with overseas patent offices) Section 19 and the Schedule (minor amendments to the Patents Act 1977) Miscellaneous Section 20 (freedom of information: exemption for research) Section 21 (reporting duty)
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