Section 266(1)

Where a design is registered under the Registered Designs Act 1949 in pursuance of an application made after 12th January 1988 and before the commencement of this part which could not have been registered under section 1 of that Act as substituted by section 265 above— the right in the registered design expires ten years after the commencement of this part, if it does not expire earlier in accordance with the 1949 Act, and any person is, after the commencement of this Part, entitled as of right to a licence to do anything which would otherwise infringe the right in the registered design.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04