Trade Marks Act 2002

Legal proceedings - Border protection measures - Notice of infringing sign

136: Application of sections 137 to 141

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"Rules about certain signs on goods don't apply in some cases"

Sections 137 to 141 don't apply to certain signs on goods. These are signs that have been put on goods sold anywhere in the world under specific conditions. These conditions are listed in section 97A(1)(a) to (c) of the Trade Marks Act 2002. This means that if a sign meets these conditions, the rules in sections 137 to 141 won't affect it.

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Part 4Legal proceedings
Border protection measures: Notice of infringing sign

136Application of sections 137 to 141

  1. Nothing in sections 137 to 141 applies in relation to any infringing sign that has been applied to goods that are put on the market anywhere in the world under any 1 or more of the circumstances referred to in section 97A(1)(a) to (c).

Notes
  • Section 136: replaced, on , by section 20 of the Trade Marks Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 71).