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1. application path

1. Single country registration: application submitted directly to the Australian Intellectual Property Office (IP Australia); 2. Madrid international trademark registration: application through the Madrid system designated Australian route.

2. trademark type

also includes sound trademarks, non-English trademarks, dynamic trademarks, shape trademarks, color trademarks, smell trademarks, symbol trademarks, etc.

3. to submit documents

1. Applicant's name and contact information (including mailing address); 2. Trademark information (such as trademark drawings or sound recordings); 3. List of goods and/or services to which the trademark applies and related category numbers; 4. Payment vouchers, etc.

4. Review Form

Australian trademark examination forms are divided into formal examination and substantive examination. The applicant submits the trademark application documents to the Australian Trademark Registry, and the Trademark Registrar will examine the legality of the submitted application documents, trademark drawings, power of attorney and other documents. If the regulations are met, the application date and application number will be granted. When the Trademark Registry examines an Australian trademark application, it only examines its registrability (I. e. distinctiveness), also known as absolute reasons, and does not examine relative reasons, that is, the application will not be rejected by reference to prior rights; after examination, the Registrar of Trade Marks will publish a notice in the Australian Official Trademark Gazette after the application is considered acceptable. The objection period is 3 months from the date of the announcement; trademarks that have been ruled to be registrable upon objection, or trademarks that have been announced without objection, will be allowed to be registered and a registration certificate will be issued.

5. protection period

The term of protection for trademark registration in Australia is 10 years from the date of application. The right holder can apply for renewal 12 months before the expiration of the trademark renewal, and if the renewal is not made before the expiration, it can also be renewed within 6 months after the expiration, but the renewal after the expiration, There is an additional fee.

6. Application Language

English