Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

4.   Rights given by registration of trade marks

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    (1)   If a trade mark is registered, the registered owner of the trade mark has, subject to this Act, the exclusive rights—

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      (a)     to use the trade mark;

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      (b)     to authorise other persons to use the trade mark in relation to goods or services or both in respect of which the trade mark is registered; and

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      (c)     to obtain relief under this Act if the trade mark has been infringed.

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    (2)   The rights under subsection (1) are deemed to have accrued to the registered owner as from the date of the registration of the trade mark.

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    (3)   If a trade mark is registered under this Act subject to conditions or limitations, the rights of the registered owner are restricted by those conditions or limitations.

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    (4)   If a trade mark is registered in the name of 2 or more persons as joint owners of the trade mark, the rights granted to those persons under this section are to be exercised by them as if they were the rights of a single person.