The Copyright of Designs Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 100) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated and amended enactments relating to the copyright of designs for ornamenting articles of manufacture in the United Kingdom.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 1 of the act repealed 5 enactments, listed in schedules A and B to the act.
Schedule A +Schedule ACitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal27 Geo. 3. c. 38Designing and Printing of Linens, etc. Act 1787An Act for the Encouragement of the Arts of designing and printing Linens, Cottons, Calicoes, and Muslins, by vesting the Properties thereof in the Designers, Printers, and Proprietors for a limited Time.The whole act.29 Geo. 3. c. 19Designing and Printing of Linens, etc. Act 1789An Act for continuing an Act for the Encouragement of the Arts of designing and printing Linens, Cottons, Calicoes, and Muslins, by vesting the Properties thereof in the Designers, Printers, and Proprietors for a limited Time.The whole act.34 Geo. 3. c. 23Linens, etc. Act 1794An Act for amending and making perpetual an Act for the Encouragement of the Arts of designing and printing Linens, Cottons, Calicoes, and Muslins, by vesting the Properties thereof in the Designers, Printers, and Proprietors for a limited Time.The whole act.2 & 3 Vict. c. 13Copyright of Designs (Printed Fabrics) Act 1839An Act for extending the Copyright of Designs for Calico Printing to Designs for printing other woven Fabrics.The whole act.
Schedule B +Schedule BCitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal2 & 3 Vict. c. 17Copyright of Designs Act 1839An Act to secure to Proprietors of Designs for Articles of Manufacture the Copyright of such Designs for a limited Time.The whole act.
Subsequent developments The scheme established by the act was further amended by the Copyright of Designs Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 65), the Copyright of Designs Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 104), the Copyright of Designs Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 70), the Copyright of Designs Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 73) and the Copyright of Designs Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 93), before the whole subject of design protection was consolidated, together with the law of patents and trade marks, by the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 57).
The whole act was repealed by section 113 of, and the third schedule to, the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 57), which came into force on 1 January 1884.
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