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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-and-marks-convention-and-relevant-countries-order-1993/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1258",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents and Marks (Convention and Relevant Countries) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-and-marks-convention-and-relevant-countries-order-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nTRADE MARKS\nMade 12th May 1993\nLaid before Parliament 24th May 1993\nComing into force\nArticles 1, 2, 3(a) and (c) and 4 14th June 1993\nArticle 3(b) 1st July 1993\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of May 1993\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nHer Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 39A(7) and (9) of the Trade Marks Act 1938 and section 90(1) of the Patents Act 1977, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1938 c. 22; section 39A was added by the Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986 (c. 39), Schedule 2, paragraph 5 and is applied to service marks by the Trade Marks (Amendment) Act 1984 (c. 19), section 1(2) and Schedule 1, paragraph 18c, as respectively substituted and inserted by the Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986, section 2(1)(a) and Schedule 2, paragraph 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1977 c. 37."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1258/introduction",
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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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