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bruneilawsby aturio
In force2022 Revised Edition
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Part 3

80. Privilege for communications with registered trade mark agents

(1)

This section applies to communications as to any matter relating to the protection of any trade mark or involving passing off.

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(2)

Any such communication —

(a)

between a person and his trade mark agent; or

(b)

for the purpose of obtaining, or in response to a request for, information which a person is seeking for the purpose of instructing his trade mark agent, is privileged from disclosure in legal proceedings in the same way as a communication between a person and his advocate and solicitor or, as the case may be, a communication for the purpose of obtaining, or in response to a request for, information which a person is seeking for the purpose of instructing his advocate and solicitor.

(3)

In subsection (2), “trade mark agent” means —

(a)

a registered trade mark agent;

(b)

a partnership entitled to describe itself as a firm of registered trade mark agents;

(c)

a body corporate entitled to describe itself as a registered trade mark agent; or

(d)

any person authorised in writing under section 75.

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