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Chapter 6 is about infringement.
Part 2 provides that a person infringes a registered design if, without the appropriate authority, the person deals in certain ways with a product that embodies the design, or a design that is substantially similar to it.
Part 2 also provides that the registered owner of a design or an exclusive licensee may bring infringement proceedings. The defendant may counter‑claim for rectification of the Register.
Various remedies are available, including injunction, damages or an account of profits.
Part 3 deals with unjustified threats of infringement proceedings.