# The Patents and Trade Marks (World Trade Organisation) Regulations 1999, Regulation 14: Part IV: transitional provisions


(1) The amendment of section 56(2) of the 1994 Act made by regulation 13(4) shall not affect the continuation of any bona fide use of a trade mark begun before the 1st January 1996.
(2) The amendment made by regulation 13(6) shall not affect the rights of a person whose bona fide use of the trade mark in question began before that date.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1899/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-and-trade-marks-world-trade-organisation-regulations-1999/regulation-14
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