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Trade Marks Act 1994

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21A Actionable threats

(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (6), a threat of infringement proceedings made by any person is actionable by any person aggrieved by the threat. (2) A threat of infringement proceedings is not actionable if the infringement is alleged to consist of— (a) applying, or causing another person to apply, a sign to goods or their packaging, (b) importing, for disposal, goods to which, or to the packaging of which, a sign has been applied, or (c) supplying services under a sign. (3) A threat of infringement proceedings is not actionable if the infringement is alleged to consist of an act which, if done, would constitute an infringement of a kind mentioned in subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c). (4) A threat of infringement proceedings is not actionable if the threat— (a) is made to a person who has done, or intends to do, an act mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or (b) in relation to goods or their packaging, and (b) is a threat of proceedings for an infringement alleged to consist of doing anything else in relation to those goods or their packaging. (5) A threat of infringement proceedings is not actionable if the threat— (a) is made to a person who has done, or intends to do, an act mentioned in subsection (2)(c) in relation to services, and (b) is a threat of proceedings for an infringement alleged to consist of doing anything else in relation to those services. (6) A threat of infringement proceedings which is not an express threat is not actionable if it is contained in a permitted communication. (7) In sections 21C and 21D “an actionable threat” means a threat of infringement proceedings that is actionable in accordance with this section.

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21A Actionable threats

(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (6), a threat of infringement proceedings made by any person is actionable by any person aggrieved by the threat. (2) A threat of infringement proceedings is not actionable if the infringement is alleged to consist of— (a) applying, or causing another person to apply, a sign to goods or their packaging, (b) importing, for disposal, goods to which, or to the packaging of which, a sign has been applied, or (c) supplying services under a sign. (3) A threat of infringement proceedings is not actionable if the infringement is alleged to consist of an act which, if done, would constitute an infringement of a kind mentioned in subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c). (4) A threat of infringement proceedings is not actionable if the threat— (a) is made to a person who has done, or intends to do, an act mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or (b) in relation to goods or their packaging, and (b) is a threat of proceedings for an infringement alleged to consist of doing anything else in relation to those goods or their packaging. (5) A threat of infringement proceedings is not actionable if the threat— (a) is made to a person who has done, or intends to do, an act mentioned in subsection (2)(c) in relation to services, and (b) is a threat of proceedings for an infringement alleged to consist of doing anything else in relation to those services. (6) A threat of infringement proceedings which is not an express threat is not actionable if it is contained in a permitted communication. (7) In sections 21C and 21D “an actionable threat” means a threat of infringement proceedings that is actionable in accordance with this section.

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