Section 60A Similarity of goods and servicesF1
For the purposes of this Act goods and services—
are not to be regarded as being similar to each other on the ground that they appear in the same class under the Nice Classification;
are not to be regarded as being dissimilar from each other on the ground that they appear in different classes under the Nice Classification.
In subsection (1), the “Nice Classification” means the system of classification under the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of 15 June 1957, which was last amended on 28 September 1979.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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S. 60A and cross-heading inserted (14.1.2019) by The Trade Marks Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/825), regs. 1(1), 29 (with Pt. 5)
Notes on Part II
Textual amendments
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Words in Pt. II heading substituted (6.4.2016) by The European Union Trade Mark Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/299), regs. 1(1), 3 (with reg. 13)