As a Commonwealth country, Australia’s trademark legal system adheres to British law, is deeply influenced by British trademark law, and clearly bears the imprint of the British trademark legal system. With the revision of the British Trademark Law, Australia also revised its earliest promulgated Commercial Law of 1955 in 1994. In 1995, Australia revised its trademark law again. The 1995 Trademark Law officially came into effect on January 1, 1996, and at the same time the 1955 Trademark Law and the 1994 Trademark Law were abolished.

The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia, APO) is responsible for managing Australia’s intellectual property system, especially patents, trademarks, and designs. It is a division of IP Australia. The agency was established by the Commonwealth of Australia in 1904. Since 1998, the Australian Patent Office has its headquarters in Canberra, Australia.