How to apply for an Australian trademark?

1. Application:2. Trademark pattern:

The logo must be drawn on non-reflective white paper, and its length and width must not exceed 5cm x 9cm. 6 copies of the trademark representation are required in black and white (only one copy is required if it is not a pattern). If the registered trademark is not in English, a description in English is attached.

3. Applicant's information:

a letter of attorney for trademark registration;

12 black-and-white trademark designs; The trademark pattern is not more than 5 square centimeters;

a detailed list of the products or services in which the trademark is to be registered, and the classes to be registered; (Notarization is not required for the application documents).

Proof of the use of the trademark to be registered, e.g. advertising, packaging, etc., or a statement of intended use of the trademark;

Note: If the trademark to be registered has been registered in the United States, Australia, France and the European Community, you can apply for priority.

4. Handling procedures:

If you apply for a registered trademark to search for similar and identical trademarks, you will be notified of the search result by email or fax within 5 days;

Determine the trademark, fill in the power of attorney for application, answer general clerical questions free of charge, and regularly follow up the registration progress;

Representation by a local lawyer, excluding the cost of legal advice;

Validity period of registered trademarks: Each trademark is valid for 10 years.

Documents or information required for trademark registration1) Name, address and registered place of the applicant (if the applicant is a company) 2) Six copies of the trademark design (only one copy is required if it is not a design).

3) A detailed list of the products or services to be registered and the classes to be registered.

4) If the trademark to be registered is not in English, an English translation must be attached.

5) Priority documents, such as applications for priority registration.

6) The application documents do not need to be notarized.

7) It is not necessary to provide a sample of the use of the trademark.

The IPO starts the examination about 10 weeks after the filing of the application, and after the examination is passed, the preliminary examination is published. An objection may be filed within 3 months from the date of the announcement of the preliminary examination. If there is no opposition or the opposition is rejected, the application will be approved for registration and the date of the original application will be the date of commencement of the right.

Usually, the entire registration process takes 12-20 months.

Trademark registration process in Australia:

1. Determine the trademark to be applied for: The main function of the trademark is to distinguish the goods and services provided by you from those provided by others. Therefore, before submitting your application, you should first determine what the elements that make up the core of your brand.

2. Determine the designated goods and services: When filing a trademark application, you must specify the corresponding products and services to clarify the scope of protection of your trademark after successful registration. For example, for a trademark intended for clothing, the designated products may include clothing, hats, socks, etc.

3. Check whether there is a trademark with prior rights.

The process of applying for a trademark in Australia.

1. Formal examination: The applicant submits the trademark application documents to the Australian Trademark Registry, and the trademark registrar will conduct a legality review 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.

2. Search report: The Trademark Registry conducts a search on the Australian trademark registered or applied for by itself, issues a search report, and issues a search report. The applicant will receive the above-mentioned search report before the trademark is approved for publication and decide whether to arrange for the trademark publication.

3. Substantive examination: When examining an Australian trademark application, the Trade Marks Registry only examines its registrability (i.e., apparent slippage), also known as absolute grounds, and does not examine relative grounds, that is, it will not cite prior rights to reject the application.

4. Trademark Announcement: After examination, the Registrar of Trade Marks will publish an announcement in the Official Australian Trade Marks Gazette after the Trade Marks Registrar considers that the trademark application is acceptable. The opposition period is 3 months from the date of announcement.

5. Approval of registration: Trademarks that have been ruled to be registered by abnormal dust discussions, or trademarks that have no objection after announcement, will be approved for registration and issued with a registration certificate.

1) Formal examination: After the application is submitted, the legality review of the submitted application documents, trademark drawings, power of attorney and other documents shall be conducted; If the requirements are met, the filing date and application number will be granted.

2) Search report: The Office of Internal Cooperation conducts its own search and issues a search report on the Australian trademark registered or applied for by itself, and issues a search report. The applicant will receive the above-mentioned search report before the trademark is approved and decide whether to arrange the trademark publication.

3) Substantive examination: When examining an Australian trademark application, the Office of Internal Cooperation only examines its registrability (which is distinctiveness), also known as absolute grounds, and does not examine relative reasons, that is, it will not cite prior rights to reject the application.

4) Announcement: After examination, the examiner will publish an announcement in the Official Australian Trade Marks Gazette after the examiner considers that the trade mark application can be accepted quickly. The opposition period is 3 months from the date of announcement.

5) Registration approval: Trademarks that are ruled to be registered after opposition, or trademarks that have no objection after announcement, will be approved for registration and a registration certificate will be issued. The entire smooth application process (if there is no rejection, opposition, etc.) takes about 9-15 months.

1. The buyer will arrange to pay the payment after confirming the purchase of this product.

2. We will arrange to send the trademark classification table to the buyer within 2 working days after confirming the payment to the buyer to determine the application category and application items.

3. After the buyer determines the application category and application item, send it to us together with the trademark design and trademark description to be applied.

4. We receive the application category, application item, trademark drawing, trademark description and trademark search fee determined by the buyer, that is, arrange for the Australian trademark application pre-application inquiry, and provide the inquiry report to the buyer within 5 working days after receiving the application category, application item, trademark reproduction and trademark description determined by the buyer, and the buyer will confirm to us within 3 working days after receiving the query report whether to apply for the searched trademark.

5. After checking this trademark, if the buyer decides not to apply for this trademark because there is a completely identical trademark, he can provide another trademark to us for an Australian trademark application, and if the other trademark needs to be queried, then pay the query fee to us, and after we confirm that the buyer pays the query fee, then restart the 4th step of work, and so on, until the buyer decides to apply for an Australian business deficit mark.

6. After the buyer confirms the trademark to be applied for, he or she shall provide the materials required for applying for the trademark within 2 working days: the applicant's name and address in Chinese and English (if English cannot be provided, we will translate and confirm it); goods or services; Reproduction of the trademark (in jpg format); A scanned copy of the applicant's ID card or business license.

7. After the buyer submits the materials required for the trademark application, we will arrange to make the Australian trademark application information confirmation form for the buyer to confirm within 3 working days.

8. After receiving the confirmation of Australian trademark application information, the buyer shall confirm with us within 3 working days. If you need to adjust the application information, you will confirm the adjustment to us within 2 working days after receiving the confirmation form.

9. After receiving the confirmation form of Australian trademark application information confirmed by the buyer, we will submit the Australian trademark application to the relevant departments in a timely manner, and send the electronic receipt of the Australian trademark application to the buyer within 15 working days after submitting the information.

10. The buyer will confirm the receipt and evaluate the service within 5 working days after receiving the electronic receipt of the Australian trademark application sent by us.

1. Trademark design: It can be a letter or a pattern (company logo design), on the one hand, it must meet the requirements of distinctiveness, on the other hand, it needs to be creative, it is easy to expand the popularity of the product, and quickly occupy the market;

2. Trademark inquiry: After the trademark is designed, the trademark search to the Australian Trademark Office through the trademark system can reduce the risk of the entire application for registration, and it is recommended that customers choose the Australian trademark search service;

3. Submit the application: prepare the corresponding documents and submit them to the Australian Trade Marks Office;

4. Trademark acceptance: After receiving the trademark registration application, the Australian Trademark Office will check the application materials, **, fees, and if it complies with the provisions of the Trademark Law, it will give the application number and issue a notice of acceptance, which will take about 2 weeks;

5. Examination: After receiving the application, the Australian Trademark Office must first pass the formal examination stage, and enter the substantive examination stage after determining that the basic elements of the trademark application are complete.

6. Announcement period: After the trademark is approved by the Australian Trade Marks Office, the trademark will be published in the registration announcement, and the applicant will be notified in the form of a letter on the announcement date, and the announcement period is three months;

7. Registration: After the Australian trademark registration is approved, the details of the trademark will be recorded in the registration register and a certificate of registration will be issued to the applicant. The registration period generally takes 18-26 months and is valid for 10 years.

First search the trademark approval rate, and then prepare the required materials to submit to the Trademark Office, the required information is as follows:

1. The name and address of the applicant in Chinese and English.

2. Commodities or services in the calendar.

3. Shanghu land mark pattern.

Information required for trademark registration in Australia.

Trademark registration application authorization letter;

12 black-and-white trademark designs; The trademark pattern is not more than 5 square centimeters;

a detailed list of the products or services of Chongyou with the registered trademark, and the classes of registration; (The application documents do not need to be publicly dispersed).