Change 1 Article Choose an article Title and introductory text 1 Trade marks. 2 Registered trade marks. 3 Absolute grounds for refusal of registration. 4 Specially protected emblems. 5 Relative grounds for refusal of registration. 5A Grounds for refusal relating to only some of the goods or services 6 Meaning of “earlier trade mark”. 6A Raising of relative grounds in opposition proceedings in case of non-use 7 Raising of relative grounds in case of honest concurrent use. 8 Power to require that relative grounds be raised in opposition proceedings. 9 Rights conferred by registered trade mark. 10 Infringement of registered trade mark. 10A Right to prevent goods entering the UK without being released for free circulation 10B Prohibition on the use of a trade mark registered in the name of an agent or representative 11 Limits on effect of registered trade mark. 11A Non-use as defence in infringement proceedings 12 Exhaustion of rights conferred by registered trade mark. 13 Registration subject to disclaimer or limitation. 14 Action for infringement. 15 Order for erasure, &c. of offending sign. 16 Order for delivery up of infringing goods, material or articles. 17 Meaning of “infringing goods, material or articles”. 18 Period after which remedy of delivery up not available. 19 Order as to disposal of infringing goods, material or articles. 20 Jurisdiction of sheriff court or county court in Northern Ireland. 21 Threats of infringement proceedings 21A Actionable threats 21B Permitted communications 21C Remedies and defences 21D Professional advisers 21E Supplementary: pending registration 21F Supplementary: proceedings for delivery up etc. 22 Nature of registered trade mark. 23 Co-ownership of registered trade mark. 24 Assignment, &c. of registered trade mark. 25 Registration of transactions affecting registered trade mark. 26 Trusts and equities. 27 Application for registration of trade mark as an object of property. 28 Licensing of registered trade mark. 29 Exclusive licences. 30 General provisions as to rights of licensees in case of infringement. 31 Exclusive licensee having rights and remedies of assignee. 32 Application for registration. 33 Date of filing. 34 Classification of trade marks. 35 Claim to priority of Convention application. 36 Claim to priority from other relevant overseas application. 37 Examination of application. 38 Publication, opposition proceedings and observations. 39 Withdrawal, restriction or amendment of application. 40 Registration. 41 Registration: supplementary provisions. 42 Duration of registration. 43 Renewal of registration. 44 Alteration of registered trade mark. 45 Surrender of registered trade mark. 46 Revocation of registration. 47 Grounds for invalidity of registration. 48 Effect of acquiescence. 49 Collective marks. 50 Certification marks. 51 Meaning of “European Union trade mark” 52 Power to make provision in connection with European Union Trade Mark Regulation. 52A Certain trade marks registered as European Union trade marks to be treated as registered trade marks 53 The Madrid Protocol. 54 Power to make provision giving effect to Madrid Protocol. 54A Certain international trade marks protected in the European Union to be treated as registered trade marks 55 The Paris Convention. 56 Protection of well-known trade marks: Article 6bis. 57 National emblems, &c. of Convention countries: Article 6ter. 58 Emblems, &c. of certain international organisations: Article 6ter. 59 Notification under Article 6ter of the Convention. 60 Acts of agent or representative: Article 6septies. 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60A Similarity of goods and services 62 The registrar. 63 The register. 64 Rectification or correction of the register. 65 Adaptation of entries to new classification. 66 Power to require use of forms. 67 Information about applications and registered trade marks. 68 Costs and security for costs. 69 Evidence before registrar. 70 Exclusion of liability in respect of official acts. 71 Registrar’s annual report. 72 Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity. 73 Certificate of validity of contested registration. 74 Registrar’s appearance in proceedings involving the register. 75 The court. 76 Appeals from the registrar. 77 Persons appointed to hear and determine appeals. 78 Power of Secretary of State to make rules. 79 Fees. 80 Hours of business and business days. 81 The trade marks journal. 82 Recognition of agents. 83 The register of trade mark attorneys 83A Regulation of trade mark attorneys 84 Unregistered persons not to be described as registered trade mark agents. 85 Power to prescribe conditions, &c. for mixed partnerships and bodies corporate. 86 Use of the term “trade mark attorney”. 87 Privilege for communications with registered trade mark agents. 88 Power of registrar to refuse to deal with certain agents. 89 Infringing goods, material or articles may be treated as prohibited goods. 90 Power of Commissioners of Customs and Excise to make regulations. 91 Power of Commissioners for Revenue and Customs to disclose information. 92 Unauthorised use of trade mark, &c. in relation to goods. 92A Search warrants 93 Enforcement function of local weights and measures authority. 94 Falsification of register, &c. 95 Falsely representing trade mark as registered. 96 Supplementary provisions as to summary proceedings in Scotland. 97 Forfeiture: England and Wales or Northern Ireland. 98 Forfeiture: Scotland. 99 Unauthorised use of Royal arms, &c. 99A Reproduction of trade marks in dictionaries, encyclopaedias etc. 100 Burden of proving use of trade mark. 101 Offences committed by partnerships and bodies corporate. 102 Adaptation of expressions for Scotland. 103 Minor definitions. 104 Index of defined expressions. 105 Transitional provisions. 106 Consequential amendments and repeals. 107 Territorial waters and the continental shelf. 108 Extent. 109 Commencement. 110 Short title. SCHEDULE 1 Collective marks SCHEDULE 2 Certification marks SCHEDULE 2A EUROPEAN UNION TRADE MARKS SCHEDULE 2B INTERNATIONAL TRADE MARKS PROTECTED IN THE EUROPEAN UNION SCHEDULE 3 Transitional provisions SCHEDULE 4 Consequential amendments SCHEDULE 5 Repeals and revocations
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82 Recognition of agents.
Except as otherwise provided by rules and subject to the Legal Services Act 2007, any act required or authorised by this Act to be done by or to a person in connection with the registration of a trade mark, or any procedure relating to a registered trade mark, may be done by or to an agent authorised by that person orally or in writing.
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82 Recognition of agents.
Except as otherwise provided by rules and subject to the Legal Services Act 2007, any act required or authorised by this Act to be done by or to a person in connection with the registration of a trade mark, or any procedure relating to a registered trade mark, may be done by or to an agent authorised by that person orally or in writing.
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