LawgistThe Trade Marks Act
27No action for infringement of unregistered trade mark
(1) No person shall be entitled to institute any proceeding to prevent, or to recover damages for, the infringement of an unregistered trade mark.
(2) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect rights of action against any person for passing off goods or services as the goods of another person or as services provided by another person, or the remedies in respect thereof.
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EFFECT OF REGISTRATION
- 27 No action for infringement of unregistered trade mark
- 28 Rights conferred by registration
- 29 Infringement of registered trade marks
- 30 Limits on effect of registered trade mark
- 31 Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity
- 32 Protection of registration on ground of distinctiveness in certain cases
- 33 Effect of acquiescence
- 34 Saving for vested rights
- 35 Saving for use of name, address or description of goods or services
- 36 Saving for words used as name or description of an article or substance or service
