The address to which the Office will send all correspondence relating to a particular design application. Applicant A person who makes a design application.
Several people can apply jointly for a design, as can organisations.
The transfer of intellectual property rights from the owner of the rights to another person or organisation. C Cancellation A process by which a registered design can be removed from the register. This can happen because it is demonstrated that the design does not satisfy one of the registerable criteria. A state that has signed up to the Paris Convention . The Act of Parliament which provides the authority under which designs in the UK are registered and enforced.