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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARKS

Introductory

Application for registration of trade mark

Grounds for refusal of registration

Priority

Registration procedure

Series of trade marks

Duration, renewal and alteration of registered trade mark

Cancellation, revocation and invalidity

Miscellaneous

Part III RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF PROPRIETOR OF REGISTERED TRADE MARK

Rights of proprietor of registered trade mark

Infringement proceedings

Part IV REGISTERED TRADE MARK AS OBJECT OF PROPERTY

Part V LICENSING

Part VI OFFENCES

Part VII INTERNATIONAL MATTERS

The Madrid Protocol, etc.

The Paris Convention, the TRIPS Agreement and well known trade marks: supplementary provisions

Part VIII COLLECTIVE MARKS AND CERTIFICATION MARKS

Part IX ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

The Registrar

The Register

Powers and duties of Registrar

Forms, fees, hours of business and publication

Trade mark agents

Part X ASSISTANCE BY BORDER AUTHORITIES

Border enforcement measures

Powers of search

Part XI MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

FIRST SCHEDULE Collective Marks

SECOND SCHEDULE Certification Marks

THIRD SCHEDULE Transitional Provisions

Legislative Source Key

Legislative History

Comparative Table

 
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On 19/06/2013, you requested for the version in force on 19/06/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 19/06/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 02/07/2007.
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Action for infringement
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—(1)  An infringement of a registered trade mark is actionable by the proprietor of the trade mark.
(2)  Subject to the provisions of this Act, in an action for an infringement, the types of relief that the Court may grant include the following:
(a)
an injunction (subject to such terms, if any, as the Court thinks fit);
(b)
damages;
(c)
an account of profits;
(d)
in any case to which subsection (5) applies, statutory damages under subsection (5)(c).
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(3)  When the Court awards any damages under subsection (2)(b), the Court may also make an order under subsection (2)(c) for an account of any profits attributable to the infringement that have not been taken into account in computing the damages.
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(4)  Except as provided for in subsection (3), the types of relief referred to in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subsection (2) are mutually exclusive.
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(5)  In any action for infringement of a registered trade mark where the infringement involves the use of a counterfeit trade mark in relation to goods or services, the plaintiff shall be entitled, at his election, to —
(a)
damages and an account of any profits attributable to the infringement that have not been taken into account in computing the damages;
(b)
an account of profits; or
(c)
statutory damages —
(i)
not exceeding $100,000 for each type of goods or service in relation to which the counterfeit trade mark has been used; and
(ii)
not exceeding in the aggregate $1 million, unless the plaintiff proves that his actual loss from such infringement exceeds $1 million.
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(6)  In awarding statutory damages under subsection (5)(c), the Court shall have regard to —
(a)
the flagrancy of the infringement of the registered trade mark;
(b)
any loss that the plaintiff has suffered or is likely to suffer by reason of the infringement;
(c)
any benefit shown to have accrued to the defendant by reason of the infringement;
(d)
the need to deter other similar instances of infringement; and
(e)
all other relevant matters.
[UK Trade Marks Act 1994, s. 14]
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