Registered Designs Act 1949
The Registered Designs Act 1949 is an act in the United Kingdom concerning design rights. The purpose of the act was to consolidate certain enactments relating to registering designs. "The Act prescribes that where an application for the registration of a design has been abandoned or refused, information filed in pursuance of the registration shall not be open to public inspection".
Part IV of the Copyright, Designs and [Patents Act 1988] contains a certain number of amendments to the Registered Designs Act 1949.