{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-act-1994/section-10B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-act-1994/section-10B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/26",
  "legislation_title": "Trade Marks Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-act-1994",
  "path": "section/10B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10B",
  "heading": "Prohibition on the use of a trade mark registered in the name of an agent or representative",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies where a trade mark is registered in the name of an agent or representative of a person (“P”) who is the proprietor of the trade mark, without P’s consent.\n(2) Unless the agent or representative justifies the action mentioned in subsection (1), P may do either or both of the following—\n(a) prevent the use of the trade mark by the agent or representative (notwithstanding the rights conferred by this Act in relation to a registered trade mark);\n(b) apply for the rectification of the register so as to substitute P’s name as the proprietor of the registered trade mark.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 10A, 10B inserted (14.1.2019) by The Trade Marks Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/825), regs. 1(1), 11 (with Pt. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/26/section/10B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:52.874943+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."
}