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IP/N/1/IRL/T/27  
 
21 December 2023  
(23-8792)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
IRELAND : UNOFFICIAL CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF TRADE MARKS ACT 1996 (AS AMENDED)  
Notifying Member  IRELAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Unofficial Consolidated Version of Trade Marks Act 1996 (as amended)  
Subject matter  Trademarks  
Nature of 
notification  [  ] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[X] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/IRL/23_14560_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/IRL/T/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
This unofficial consolidation of the Trade Marks  Act 1996 (Act No. 6 of 1996) incorporates all 
amendments up to December 2, 2019 (the date on which the Copyright and Other Intellectual 
Property Law Provisions Act 2019 was issued to amend , inter alia , the said Trade Marks Act 1996). 
This document is comp iled by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation as a reference 
guide only: it is not a legal document and has no legal force.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  1 July 1996 ;  
Amended up to 11 December 2019  
 
Other date  Adoption: 16 March 1996  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  13 December 2023  IP/N/1/IRL/123 • IP/N/1/IRL/T/27  
 
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  Other information  Amended up to: December 11, 2019.  
 
See also : IP/N/1/IRL/T/2  
(Trade Marks Rules, 1996 (S.I. No. 199/1996))  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Intellectual Property Unit  
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment  
 
trademarks@enterprise.gov.ie  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  