{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-international-registration-order-1996/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-international-registration-order-1996/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/714",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-international-registration-order-1996",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Falsely representing trade mark as a protected international trade mark (UK)",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person—\n(a) falsely to represent that a mark is a protected international trade mark (UK), or\n(b) to make a false representation as to the goods or services for which a protected international trade mark (UK) confers protection in the United Kingdom\nknowing or having reason to believe that the representation is false.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this article is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/714/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:48:27.775425+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."
}