Statutory guidance

Patents sections: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

An unofficial consolidated version of the patents related sections of parts 5 and 6 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

From:
Intellectual Property Office
Published
1 October 2013
Last updated
31 October 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Parts 5 and 6 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended)

PDF, 180 KB, 13 pages

Details

Sections 274 to 281 and 285 to 295 of Parts 5 and 6 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (‘the CDPA’) relate to Patent Agents, Patent County Courts etc.

Later laws have amended these parts of the CDPA, including:

  • the Trade Marks Act 1994
  • the Constitutional Reform Act 2005
  • the Legal Services Act 2007
  • the Legal Services Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2009

Discussion of these sections of the CDPA can be found in the Manual of Patent Practice.

Updates to this page

Published 1 October 2013
Last updated 31 October 2024 + show all updates

  1. Parts 5 and 6 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) updated.

  2. Updated with changes made by legislation which came into force at the end of the transition period.

  3. Amended Parts 5 and 6 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 PDF added.

  4. Amended Parts 5 and 6 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 PDF added.

  5. First published.

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