920 Ch. 31. No. 17.) Alerchandise Marks.

CHAPTER 31. No. 17.
MERCHANDISE MARKS.

Cease AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO MERCHANDISE MARKS.
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[20th Jitne, 1888. ]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Merchandise
Marks Ordinance.

Interpre- 2. (1) In this Ordinance
tation. “ae + Qs
false trade description means a trade description

which is false in a material respect as regards the goods
to which it is apphed, and includes every alteration of
a trade description, whether by way of addition,
effacement, or otherwise, where that alteration makes
the description false in a material respect; and the
fact that a trade description is a trade mark, or part
of a trade mark, shall not prevent such trade descrip-
tion being a false trade description within the meaning
of this Ordinance;

goods means anything which is the subject of
trade, manufacture, or merchandise;

name ” includes any abbreviation of a name;

person and “ proprietor include any body of
persons corporate or unincorporate ;

trade mark means a trade mark registered in the
Register of Trade Marks kept under the Patents,
Designs, and Trade Marks Ordinance, and includes any
trade mark which, either with or without registration, is
protected by law in the United Kingdom or in any
Bnitish Possession or foreign State to which the