Trade Marks Act 2002

Legal proceedings - Border protection measures - Notice of infringing sign

137: Notice may be given to chief executive

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"You can ask Customs to stop goods that copy your trade mark"

If you own a registered trade mark, you can write to the chief executive. In your letter, you can tell them that you own a trade mark for specific goods. You can also ask them to hold onto any items that have a sign that copies your trade mark. The chief executive can do this for items that are already with Customs or that might come to Customs in the future. This applies to items that have the copying sign on them or close to them.

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

137Notice may be given to chief executive

  1. A person who is the owner of a registered trade mark may give a notice in writing to the chief executive that—

  2. claims that he or she is the owner of a trade mark that is registered in respect of the goods specified in the notice; and
    1. requests the chief executive to detain any goods, on or in physical relation to which an infringing sign is used, that are, or at any time come into, the control of the Customs.