Privilege for communications with registered trade mark agentsU.K.
12.—(1) Section 87(3) is amended as follows.
(2) At the end of paragraph (c) insert “ or ”.
(3) After paragraph (c) insert—
“(d)a person whose name appears on the list of professional representatives for trade mark matters maintained by the European Union Intellectual Property Office referred to in Article 120 of the European Union Trade Mark Regulation.”
(4) After subsection (3) insert—
“(4) Where a trade mark attorney is a person falling within subsection (3)(d), subsection (2) applies as if the reference to a matter mentioned in subsection (1) were a reference to a matter relating to the protection of a trade mark.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 12 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)