Date of entry into force: for further detail see "Marks (Trade Marks Act), Order (Commencement), 29/09/1994, No. 2550" available on CLEA as GB_009
Notification states:
"The Act makes new provisions for registered trade marks and the European Community trade mark and gives effect to the Madrid Protocol relating to the International Registration of Marks of 27 June 1989 and to certain provisions of the Paris Convention."
"The Act proscribes the registering of a trade mark if it is of such a nature as to deceive the public about the geographical origin of the goods or services."
"The Act prohibits in certain circumstances the disclosure of information without the consent of the applicant for the trade mark."
This Act refers to:
- First Council Directive of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (89/104/EEC) available in the database as Marks, First Council Directive, 21/12/1988, No. 89/104, EU_014
- Council Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark available in the database as "Marks (Community Trade Mark), Council Regulation, 20/12/1993, No. 40/94" (EU_017)
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Trade Marks Act 1994
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Date of entry into force: for further detail see "Marks (Trade Marks Act), Order (Commencement), 29/09/1994, No. 2550" available on CLEA as GB_009
Notification states:
"The Act makes new provisions for registered trade marks and the European Community trade mark and gives effect to the Madrid Protocol relating to the International Registration of Marks of 27 June 1989 and to certain provisions of the Paris Convention."
"The Act proscribes the registering of a trade mark if it is of such a nature as to deceive the public about the geographical origin of the goods or services."
"The Act prohibits in certain circumstances the disclosure of information without the consent of the applicant for the trade mark."
This Act refers to:
- First Council Directive of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (89/104/EEC) available in the database as Marks, First Council Directive, 21/12/1988, No. 89/104, EU_014
- Council Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark available in the database as "Marks (Community Trade Mark), Council Regulation, 20/12/1993, No. 40/94" (EU_017)