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Section 68: Preparation of documents etc. by registered patent agents and trade mark agents.

Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 · 1990 c. 41View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part II: Legal Services

REPEALED on 2010-01-01 by Legal Services Act 2007.

The text below is from the dated revised snapshot immediately preceding this status change. It is historical and is not current law. View the historical source.

Section 22 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (unqualified person not to prepare certain instruments) shall be amended as follows.

In subsection (2) (persons exempt from subsection (1)), the following paragraphs shall be inserted after paragraph (a)—

(aa)a registered trade mark agent drawing or preparing any instrument relating to any design, trade mark or service mark; (ab) a registered patent agent drawing or preparing any instrument relating to any invention, design, technical information, trade mark or service mark.

The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (3)—

(3A)In subsection (2)— “registered trade mark agent” has the same meaning as in section 282(1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; and “registered patent agent” has the same meaning as in section 275(1) of that Act.

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