search report: the China Association Bureau will search the previously registered or applied Australian trademarks and issue a search report. The applicant will receive the above search report before the trademark is approved for announcement, and decide whether to arrange the trademark announcement.
substantive examination: when examining an Australian trademark application, the ACB only examines its registrability (that is, salience), also known as absolute reasons, and does not examine relative reasons, that is, it will not cite prior rights to reject the application.
trademark announcement: after examination, the examiner thinks that the trademark application is acceptable, and then he will publish an announcement in the official trademark announcement of Australia. 3 months from the date of announcement is the objection period.
registration approval: a trademark that is judged to be registrable after objection, or a trademark that has been announced without objection, will be registered and a registration certificate will be issued.