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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-act-1938-repealed-31101994/section-11",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/1-2/22",
  "legislation_title": "Trade Marks Act 1938 (repealed 31.10.1994)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-act-1938-repealed-31101994",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Prohibition of registration of deceptive, &c., matter.",
  "text": "It shall not be lawful to register as a trade mark or part of a trade mark any matter the use of which would, by reason of its being likely to deceive or cause confusion or otherwise, be disentitled to protection in a court of justice, or would be contrary to law or morality, or any scandalous design.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/1-2/22/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:33:44.496031+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."
}