ABSTRACT
A system for registered trade marks was developed in the nineteenth century and the legal regime is now enshrined in the Trade Marks Act 1994 (TMA 1994). The TMA 1994 implements Council Directive 89/104/EEC, makes provision for the Community Trade Mark (Council Regulation (EC) 40/94) which creates a single trade mark right extending throughout the European Union and gives effect to the Madrid Protocol for the Registration of Marks Internationally.
