It’s a common misconception that once you have your trademark registered nothing more is required. The reality is that if you stop using your trademark it could be vulnerable to removal for non-use. If you have had your trademark registered for the last five years or more, but it has not have been in use […]

What is a Trademark? According to the Australian TRADE MARKS ACT 1995 – SECT 17, “A trade mark is a sign used, or intended to be used, to distinguish goods or services dealt with or provided in the course of trade by a person from goods or services so dealt with or provided by any […]

Trademarks are an essential part of business, and most businesses have at least one trademark. This could be – amongst other things – a name, an image, a symbol or a catch phrase.  They differentiate the goods or services of one trader from another, and can form a critical part of the intellectual property assets […]

When you submit an application to register a trademark to the body who oversees the process – IP Australia – it will pass through a number of stages before you will get notification that the trademark has been registered, if this is the outcome of the application.  At the time of writing, it is taking […]

One question that can come up from time to time is whether it is possible to reacquire a trademark that may have expired, and if so, how easy is the process?  The answer will depend on a number of variables such as whether the trademark is still active or has been removed, how long it […]