Registered Designs Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Government Use of Registered Designs
47. Provisions of licence, etc., to be ineffective
Feedback & supportIn relation to any use of a registered design, or a design in respect of which an application for registration is pending, made for the services of the Government —
by the Government or a person authorised by the Government under section 45; or
by the registered owner or applicant for registration to the order of the Government,the provisions of any licence, assignment or agreement made, whether before, on or after 13 November 2000, between —
registered owner
“registered owner”, in relation to a registered design, means the person whose name is for the time being entered in the Register as the owner of the design or, if there are 2 or more such persons, each of those persons;
the registered owner or applicant for registration or any person who derives title from the registered owner or applicant or from whom the registered owner or applicant derives title; and
a person other than the Government,shall be of no effect so far as those provisions —
restrict or regulate the use of the design or any model, document or information relating to it; or
design
“design” means features of shape, configuration, colours, pattern or ornament applied to any article or non‑physical product that give that article or non‑physical product its appearance, but does not include —(a)a method or principle of construction;(b)features of shape, configuration or colours of an article or a non‑physical product that —(i)are dictated solely by the function that the article or non‑physical product has to perform;(ii)are dependent upon the appearance of another article or non‑physical product of which the article or non‑physical product is intended by the designer to form an integral part; or(iii)enable the article or non‑physical product to be connected to, or placed in, around or against, another article or non‑physical product, so that either article or non‑physical product may perform its function; or(c)features consisting only of one or more colours that —(i)are not used with any feature of shape or configuration; and(ii)do not give rise to any feature of pattern or ornament;
provide for the making of payments in respect of, or calculated by reference to, such use.