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Section 98

Privileged communications with registered trademark agent

of Trademarks Act 2019

ActIn forceProvision 98 of 188
Section 98
(1)

A communication made between a registered trademark agent and the person appointing and authorizing the agent in matters relating to trademarks, and any record or document made for the purposes of such a communication, are privileged to the same extent as a communication between a solicitor and his client.

(2)

A registered trademark agent has, in relation to documents and property of the person appointing and authorizing the agent in a matter relating to trademarks, the same right of lien that a solicitor has in relation to the documents and property of a client.