[21A Actionable threats]
Trade Marks Act 1994 (1994 c 26) | Legislation

[21A  Actionable threats]

[(1)     Subject to subsections (2) to (6), a threat of infringement proceedings made by any person is actionable by any person aggrieved by the threat.

(2)     A threat of infringement proceedings is not actionable if the infringement is alleged to consist of—

(a)     applying, or causing another person to apply, a sign to goods or their packaging,

(b)     importing, for disposal, goods to which, or

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