Intellectual Property Act 2014
Part 1Design
Unregistered design right
1Meaning of “design” and “original”
2Ownership of design
3Qualification criteria
4Infringement: exceptions
Registered Community design
5Infringement: exception
Registered designs
6Ownership of design and application for registration
7Right of prior use
8Accession to the Hague Agreement
9The register: changes of ownership and inspection of documents
10Legal proceedings and appeals
11Opinions service
12Use of directions by the registrar
13Offence of unauthorised copying etc. of design in course of business
14Offences committed by partnerships
Part 2Patents
15Infringement: marking product with internet link
16Opinions service
17Unified Patent Court
18Sharing information with overseas patent offices
19Minor amendments to the Patents Act 1977
Part 3Miscellaneous
20Freedom of information: exemption for research
21Reporting duty
22Recognition of foreign copyright works and performances
Part 4General
23Power to make consequential or transitional provision etc.
24Commencement, extent and short title
SCHEDULEMinor amendments to the Patents Act 1977
Patent applications in or for WTO members
1(1) In section 5 of the Patents Act 1977 (priority...
Assertion of third party rights where application terminated
2In section 20B of that Act (effect of reinstatement of...
Adjustment of certain time periods to anniversary date model
3(1) In each of the following provisions of that Act,...
References to “counsel”
4(1) In section 52(4) of that Act (appeals), for “such...
Correction of typographical error
5In section 60(7) of that Act (meaning of infringement: interpretation),...
European patent (UK): payment of renewal fee following restoration
6In section 77 of that Act (European patents (UK)), after...

Intellectual Property Act 2014

2014 c. 18

An Act to make provision about intellectual property.

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—