We can register your trademark in New Zealand. We don't have a dedicated page for it, but please feel free to check out our prices on our Australian page. Within 15 working days after filing, New Zealand Trademark Office (New Zealand Intellectual Property Office) will examine your trademark to make sure it complies with all [...]
In order to file your trademark in Australia, we'll need to know: Entity Type (Do you have a company? Is an individual going to be a trademark owner?); The legal form of the company (examples: proprietary company (Pty), Ltd., LLC, LLP etc.); The full address of the applicant (trademark owner); The trademark name; If you [...]
A Power of Attorney, POA in short, is a legal document that authorizes an entity to represent or act for another person, usually, in the managing of the person’s property, business or private affairs. The former is called the Attorney or Agent whereas the latter is commonly known as the Principal. In Trademarks, a Power [...]
There are 3 ways how you can proceed: Book an initial phone call with us. Here is the link for the trademark package Ask for a free preliminary trademark search to get an idea of whether your trademark can be registered. This is a basic search but if your mark is unregistrable, we'll be able [...]
Every trademark application must list the specific goods and services that the trademark will cover. Products belong to classes 1 to 34. Services belong to classes 35 to 45. Products are tangible, you can touch them. Services are intangible. Below is a rough classification (class headings) just to give you an idea of general categories [...]
It is generally difficult to register geographical names as trademarks in Australia, particularly where these geographical words have an obvious connection with the goods or services being trademarked. For example, the word MAATSUYKER describes a series of small uninhabited islands off the coast of Tasmania. The trademark office has previously rejected an application for the [...]
In Australia a merely descriptive trademark is one that has no "adaptation to distinguish" your goods and services from those of other businesses. Some examples of such "merely descriptive" trademarks include words which are used for the normal description of the goods or services. An example of this is the word "GIANT" in relation to [...]
Both surnames and full names are able to be registered as trademarks in Australia, but you may face difficulties. For example if your surname is very common (like "Smith") or if it has multiple meanings (like "Green"), your trademark may be rejected.
Given that Australia does not require proof of Intent-To-Use prior to accepting trademark applications, the filing of multi-class trademarks is a much simpler and less risky proposition than in other countries. The only major pit-fall of multi-class trademark applications in Australia is that you only have three years after the filing of the trademark to [...]
Yes, divisional applications are possible at any stage whilst your trademark is pending. A divisional application will share the same priority date as your initial "parent" application.