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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intellectual-property-unjustified-threats-act-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/14",
  "legislation_title": "Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intellectual-property-unjustified-threats-act-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to amend the law relating to unjustified threats to bring proceedings for infringement of patents, registered trade marks, rights in registered designs, design right or Community designs.\n[27th April 2017]\nBe it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act modified in part (14.1.2019) by The Trade Marks (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1157), art. 3(1)"
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  "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."
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