Section 21 Patents and Designs Act 1971

Section 21 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Renunciation of registration. It is under ‘Designs’ of the Act. It provides as follows:

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the registered owner of an industrial design may renounce the registration by a written declaration to the registrar.

(2) A renunciation under subsection (1) of this section-
(a) may be limited–
(i) to any particular kind or kinds of product; or
(ii) if a classification of products has been prescribed, to any particular
class or classes of product; or
(iii) if the application for registration comprised several designs, to anyone
or more of those designs;

(b) subject to paragraph (d) of this subsection, shall be registered and notified;
(c) shall not be effective until it has been registered; and

(d) if it relates to a design as to which a contractual licence is registered, shall be
registered only if-
(i) it is accompanied by the licensee’s written consent to registration; or
(ii) the licensee has in the licence contract agreed that this paragraph shall
not apply.

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