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Guide to offences

For a list of offences and penalties that relate to counterfeiting and piracy please see links below for each piece of relevant legislation:

  • Trade Marks Act 1994
  • Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988
  • Video Recordings Act 2010
  • Fraud Act 2006

Documents

  • IP Crime Report 2010/2011 (pdf 3.12Mb)
  • Trade Marks Act 1994, as amended (pdf 305Kb)

See Also

  • Enforcement Aide Memoire
  • Diploma in Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards (DCATS)
  • IpCASS (Intellectual Property Search System)

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  • Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (complete original version of the legislation)
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