Trade Marks Act 2002

Legal proceedings - Civil proceedings for infringement - How Act affects other rights

88: How Act affects other rights

You could also call this:

"This law keeps other important rights the same"

This law doesn't change other important rights you have. It doesn't affect the rules about passing off, which is when someone tries to make their goods seem like they're from another company. It also doesn't change your rights under the Fair Trading Act 1986, which helps protect you from unfair business practices. Lastly, it doesn't affect your rights under the Geographical Indications Registration Act 2006, which is about protecting names of products that come from specific places.

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Part 4Legal proceedings
Civil proceedings for infringement: How Act affects other rights

88How Act affects other rights

  1. Nothing in this Act affects—

  2. the law relating to passing off; or
    1. rights under the Fair Trading Act 1986; or
      1. rights under the Geographical Indications Registration Act 2006.
        Notes
        • Section 88(c): amended, on , by section 87 of the European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 10).