{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-act-1994/section-84",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-act-1994/section-84.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/26",
  "legislation_title": "Trade Marks Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-act-1994",
  "path": "section/84",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "84",
  "heading": "Unregistered persons not to be described as registered trade mark agents.",
  "text": "(1) An individual who is not a registered trade mark attorney shall not—\n(a) carry on a business (otherwise than in partnership) under any name or other description which contains the words “registered trade mark agent” or registered trade mark attorney; or\n(b) in the course of a business otherwise describe or hold himself out, or permit himself to be described or held out, as a registered trade mark agent or a registered trade mark attorney.\n(2) A partnership or other unincorporated body shall not—\n(a) carry on a business under any name or other description which contains the words “registered trade mark agent” or registered trade mark attorney; or\n(b) in the course of a business otherwise describe or hold itself out, or permit itself to be described or held out, as a firm of registered trade mark agents or registered trade mark attorneys,\nunless the partnership or other body is registered in the register kept under section 83.\n(3) A body corporate shall not—\n(a) carry on a business (otherwise than in partnership) under any name or other description which contains the words “registered trade mark agent” or registered trade mark attorney; or\n(b) in the course of a business otherwise describe or hold itself out, or permit itself to be described or held out, as a registered trade mark agent or a registered trade mark attorney,\nunless the body corporate is registered in the register kept under section 83.\n(4) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; and proceedings for such an offence may be begun at any time within a year from the date of the offence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 84(1) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), s. 211(2), Sch. 21 para. 111(a)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 84(1)(a) inserted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), s. 211(2), Sch. 21 para. 111(a)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 84(1)(b) inserted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), s. 211(2), Sch. 21 para. 111(a)(iii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 84(2) inserted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 184(4)(a)(i), 211(2) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 84(2)(a) inserted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), s. 211(2), Sch. 21 para. 111(b)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 84(2)(b) inserted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), s. 211(2), Sch. 21 para. 111(b)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 84(2) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 184(4)(a)(ii), 211(2) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 84(3)(a) inserted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), s. 211(2), Sch. 21 para. 111(c)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 84(3)(b) inserted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), s. 211(2), Sch. 21 para. 111(c)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 84(3) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 184(4)(b), 211(2) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/26/section/84",
    "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."
}