Rev. 2009]

Trade Marks

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mark or to goods certified by the proprietor.
(4) The right to the use of a certification trade mark given by
registration shall be subject to any conditions or limitations entered on
the register, and shall not be deemed to be infringed by the use of any
such mark in any mode, in relation to goods to be sold or otherwise
traded in any place, in relation to goods to be exported to any market,
or in any other circumstances, to which, having regard to any such
limitations, the registration does not extend.
(5) The right to the use of a certification trade mark given by
registration shall not be deemed to be infringed by the use of any such
mark by any person –
(a) in relation to goods certified by the proprietor of the trade
mark if, as to those goods or a bulk of which they form part,
the proprietor or another in accordance with his authorization
under the relevant regulations has applied the trade mark
and has not subsequently removed or obliterated it, or the
proprietor has at any time expressly or impliedly consented
to the use of the trade mark; or
(b) in relation to goods adapted to form part of, or to be
accessory to, other goods in relation to which the trade mark
has been used without infringement of the right given or
might for the time being be so used, if the use of the mark is
reasonably necessary in order to indicate that the goods are
so adapted and neither the purpose nor the effect of the use
of the mark is to indicate otherwise than in accordance with
the fact that the goods are certified by the proprietor:
Provided that paragraph (a) shall not have effect in the case of use
consisting of the application of any such mark to goods, notwithstanding
that they are goods mentioned in that paragraph, if that application is
contrary to the relevant regulations.
(6) Where a certification trade mark is one of two or more
registered trade marks that are identical or nearly resemble each other,
the use of any of those trade marks in exercise of the right to the use
of that trade mark given by registration shall not be deemed to be an
infringement of the right so given to the use of any other of those trade
marks.
(7) There shall be deposited at the office of the Registrar in
respect of every trade mark registered under this section regulations for
governing the use thereof, which shall include provisions as to the cases
in which the proprietor is to certify goods and to authorize the use of the

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