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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2015-2436/article-51",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2015/2436",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2015-2436",
  "path": "article/51",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Cooperation in the area of trade mark registration and administration",
  "text": "The offices shall be free to cooperate effectively with each other and with the European Union Intellectual Property Office in order to promote convergence of practices and tools in relation to the examination and registration of trade marks.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2015/2436/article/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:36.091121+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}