Section 72 Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity.C1C2C3C4C5C6
In all legal proceedings relating to a registered trade mark (including proceedings for rectification of the register) the registration of a person as proprietor of a trade mark shall be prima facie evidence of the validity of the original registration and of any subsequent assignment or other transmission of it.
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S. 72 applied (with modifications) (14.8.1996) by S.I. 1996/1908, reg. 3(3)
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S. 72 applied (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EU) No. 33/2019, Art. 32b(1) (as inserted by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 26(31), Sch. 8 Pt. 3)
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S. 72 applied (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EU) No. 251/2014, Art. 19b(1) (as inserted by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 21, Sch. 4 Pt. 3)
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S. 72 applied (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EU) No. 1151/2012, Art. 14b(1) (as inserted by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 18, Sch. 2 Pt. 3)
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S. 72 applied (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EU) No. 1308/2013, Art. 102b(1) (as inserted by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 20, Sch. 3 Pt. 2)
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S. 72 applied (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EU) 2019/787, Art. 36b(1) (as inserted by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1661), reg. 1(3), Sch. 5 Pt. 2)