Intellectual Property Act 2014
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| Long title | An Act to make provision about intellectual property. |
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| Citation | 2014 c. 18 |
| Introduced by | The Viscount Younger of Leckie 9 May 2013 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 14 May 2014[1] |
| Commencement | 1 October 2014[2] |
Status: Current legislation | |
| History of passage through Parliament | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Intellectual Property Act 2014 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which received Royal Assent on 14 May 2014 after being introduced on 9 May 2013.[1][3] The purpose of the legislation was to update copyright law, in particular design and patent law.[4] The law arose as a result of Sir Ian Hargreaves' Review of Intellectual Property and Growth, an independent report published in May 2011.[5][4]
Implementation was in part effected on 1 October 2014. One effect of the law was to removed the words "any aspect of" from the legal definition of a design,[6] in order to reduce the scope for legal protection of minor aspects of unregistered designs.[7] For unregistered designs commissioned after 1 October 2014, via section 2 of the Act, initial ownership now belongs to the designer and not the client, unless the parties have contracted for ownership to be otherwise handled.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Bill stages — Intellectual Property Act 2014". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ "1 October 2014: Changes to design and patent law". Intellectual Property Office. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ "Intellectual Property Act 2014 - Legislation PDF" (PDF). The Stationery Office. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ a b c Owen, Mark (June 2014). "The new Intellectual Property Act 2014". Taylor Wessing. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ Hargreaves, I., Digital Opportunity: A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth, published May 2011, accessed 4 December 2023
- ^ UK Legislation, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 213(2) as enacted, accessed 4 December 2023
- ^ Steele, C., IP Act 2014 - changes to designs law, Ashfords LLP, published 18 September 2014, accessed 4 December 2023
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