Made | 6th September 2006 | ||
Laid before Parliament | 8th September 2006 | ||
Coming into force | 1st October 2006 |
Fees to extend the period for which right in the registered design subsists
3.
—(1) The fees to be paid to extend the period for which the right in a registered design subsists under section 8(2) of the Act are those specified in Part 2 of the Schedule.
(2) The additional fees prescribed for the purposes of section 8(4) of the Act are those specified in Part 3 of the Schedule.
(3) Where payment of the additional fee is made before the end of the month indicated in the first column of the table in Part 3, the fee to be paid is the amount specified in the second column.
Other fees payable
4.
The fees to be paid in respect of other matters arising under the Act are those specified in Part 1 of the Schedule.
Fees to accompany forms
5.
Where a form—
that form shall be accompanied by the fee specified in respect of that matter.
Revocations
6.
The Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1998[4] and the Registered Designs (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2001[5] are revoked.
Alistair Darling
Secretary of State Department of Trade and Industry
30th August 2006
We consent to the making of these Rules.
Claire Ward
Kevin Brennan
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
6th September 2006
Number of Corresponding Form |
Item (references to a rule in this column are to a rule in the Registered Designs Rules 2006) |
Amount (£) |
DF1A | Change of agent or address for service (rules 36 and 42) | — |
DF2A | Application for the registration of a design (rule 4) | see rule 2 |
DF2B | Application for the registration of a design, which is a subsequent design for the purposes of section 3B(3) (rule 4) | see rule 2 |
DF2C | Consent for publication | 40 |
DF9A | Application to extend period of protection | see Parts 2 and 3 of the Schedule |
DF12A | Application to register title or a notice of interest (rule 27) | — |
DF16A | Request to make an alteration to name, address or address for service (rule 34) | — |
DF19A | Application for a declaration of invalidity (rule 15) | 50 |
DF19B | Counter-statement in an application for a declaration of invalidity (rule 15) | — |
DF19C | Notice by proprietor to cancel a registration (rule 14) | — |
DF21 | A request for information under section 23 (rule 31) | 25 |
DF23 |
A certified copy of an entry in the register or a certified extract (rule 32) Where the certification is by way of affixing the seal of the Patent Office Where the certification is by way of rubber stamp |
22 16 |
DF29 | Application to restore the right in a design under section 8A (rule 13) | 120 |
In respect of the second period of five years | 130 |
In respect of the third period of five years | 210 |
In respect of the fourth period of five years | 310 |
In respect of fifth period of five years | 450 |
Month beginning with the date the right ceased to have effect in accordance with section 8(3) of the Registered Designs Act 1949 | Amount of additional fee |
1st | 0 |
2nd | 24 |
3rd | 48 |
4th | 72 |
5th | 96 |
6th | 120 |
[2] SI 1988/93, as amended by SI 1990/1473, which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c.51). See the matters specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1 and Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to that Order.back