TRADE MARKS ACT
deemed to be infringed by the use of that trade mark
by any person—
(a) in relation to goods connected in the course of
trade with the proprietor or registered user of
that trade mark if, as to those goods or a bulk
of which they form a part, the proprietor or the
registered user conforming to the permitted use
has—
(i) applied that trade mark and has not
subsequently removed or obliterated it;
or
(ii) at any time expressly or impliedly
consented to the use of that trade mark;
or
(b) in relation to goods adapted to form part of, or
to be accessory to, other goods in relation to
which that trade mark has been used without
infringement of the right given by paragraph
(a) of subsection (1) or might for the time being be so used, if—
(i) the use of that trade mark is reasonably
necessary in order to indicate that the
goods are so adapted; and
(ii) neither the purpose nor the effect of the
use of that trade mark is to indicate otherwise than in accordance with the fact a
connection in the course of trade between
any person and the goods.
(5) The use of a registered trade mark, being one
of two or more registered trade marks that are
identical or nearly resemble each other, in the exercise
of the right to the use of that trade mark given by
registration in Part A or Part B of the Register shall
not be deemed to be an infringement of the right so
given to the use of any other of those trade marks.
Infringement by breach of certain
restrictions
(1) Where, by a contract in writing made with the
proprietor or a registered user of a registered trade
mark, a purchaser or owner of goods or person
performing services enters into an obligation to the
effect that he will not do, in relation to the goods or
services, an act specified in subsection (2), any
person who, being the owner for the time being of the
goods or person for the time being performing the
services, as the case may be, and having notice of the
obligation, does that act or authorizes it to be done, in
relation to the goods or services, in the course of trade
or with a view to any dealing therewith in the course
of trade shall be deemed thereby to infringe the right
to the use of the trade mark given by the registration
thereof, unless that person became the owner of the
goods or person performing the services. as the case
may be—
(a) by purchase for money or money’s worth in
good faith before receiving notice of the obligation; or
(b) by virtue of a title derived through another who
became the owner as mentioned in paragraph
(a).
(2) The acts specified for the purposes of subsection (1) are—
(a) the application of the trade mark upon the
goods after they have suffered alteration in any
manner specified in the contract as respects
their state or condition, get-up or packing;
(b)
the application of the trade mark in relation to
cervices after they have suffered alteration in
any manner specified in the contract as respects their performance;
(c)
in a case in which the trade mark is upon the
goods or in relation to the services, the alteration, part removal or part obliteration thereof;
(d)
in a case in which the trade mark is upon the
goods or in relation to the services and there is
also thereon or in relation thereto other matter,
being matter
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