As for patents and registered designs, a person aggrieved by a threat of trade mark infringement proceedings may sue the person who makes the groundless threat. No action will lie where the threat is made to a manufacturer, but will lie against distributors, retailers and importers.
Further information on the above may be obtained via Linklaters & Paines Hong Kong office or via any of the other nine Linklaters & Paines offices world-wide, located in Singapore, Tokyo, London, Brussels, Paris, Frankfurt, New York, Washington D.C. and Moscow. Contact details for the various L&P offices worldwide are available via the Linklaters & Paines corporate listing c/o Business Monitor Online - http://www.businessmonitor.co.uk
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