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4. Offensive trade marks
Up one levelSection 17(1)(c) of the Act states:
The Commissioner must not register as a trade mark or part of a trade mark any matter…the use or registration of which would, in the opinion of the Commissioner, be likely to offend a significant section of the community, including Māori.
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