Copyright in Designs Act, 1850 — 13 & 14 Vict. C. 104
An Act to extend and amend the Acts relating to the Copyright of Designs.
[14th August 1850.]
Registration of Sculpture, Models, &c.
VI. The Registrar of Designs, upon Application by or on behalf of the Proprietor of any Sculpture, Model, Copy, or Cast within the Protection of the Sculpture Copyright Acts, and upon being furnished with such Copy, Drawing, Print, or Description, in Writing or in Print, as in the Judgment of the said Registrar shall be sufficient to identify the particular Sculpture, Model, Copy, or Cast in respect of which Registration is desired, and the Name of the Person claiming to be Proprietor, together with his Place of Abode or Business or other Place of Address, or the Name, Style, or Title of the Firm under which he may be trading, shall register such Sculpture, Model, Copy, or Cast in such Manner and Form as shall from Time to Time be prescribed or approved by the Board of Trade for the whole or any Part of the Term during which Copyright in such Sculpture, Model, Copy, or Cast may or shall exist under the Sculpture Copyright Acts; and whenever any such Registration shall be made, the said Registrar shall certify under his Hand and Seal of Office, in such Form as the said Board shall direct or approve, the Fact of such Registration, and the Date of the same, and the Name of the registered Proprietor, or the Style or Title of the Firm under which such Proprietor may be trading, together with his Place of Abode or Business or other Place of Address.1747
Benefits conferred by Registration of Sculpture, &c.
VII. If any Person shall, during the Continuance of the Copyright in any Sculpture, Model, Copy, or Cast which shall have been so registered as aforesaid, make, import, or cause to be made, imported, exposed for Sale, or otherwise disposed of, any pirated Copy or pirated Cast of any such Sculpture, Model, Copy, or Cast, in such Manner and under such Circumstances as would entitle the Proprietor to a special Action on the case under the Sculpture Copyright Acts, the Person so offending shall forfeit for every such Offence a Sum not less than Five Pounds and not exceeding Thirty Pounds to the Proprietor of the Sculpture, Model, Copy, or Cast whereof the Copyright shall have been infringed; and for the Recovery of any such Penalty the Proprietor of the Sculpture, Model, Copy, or Cast which shall have been so pirated shall have and be entitled to the same Remedies as are provided for the Recovery of Penalties incurred under the Designs Act, 1842: Provided always, that the Proprietor of any Sculpture, Model, Copy, or Cast which shall be registered under this Act shall not be entitled to the Benefit of this Act, unless every Copy or Cast of such Sculpture, Model, Copy, or Cast which shall be published by him after such Registration shall be marked with the Word “registered” and with the Date of Registration.1748