According to Article 39 of the Trademark Law, the following trademarks may not be registered:
(1) Quote a part of an article or paragraph;
(2) A trademark that is not distinctive shall not be registered;
(3) A trademark that cannot distinguish between goods and services shall not be registered;
(4) Violation of legal provisions or malice may lead to refusal of registration;
(5) Confused, mistaken or deceived trademarks shall not be registered;
(6) A trademark identical with or similar to another person's trademark shall not be registered.
After the application is submitted, it will enter the formal review process. Generally, after 6 months from the date of application, the official will issue the first review opinion on the application. If the official has the second or more review opinions, it must be issued within 1 month after the applicant replies to the previous review opinions. Generally speaking, an application for trademark registration needs to complete all the correction procedures within 15 months from the date of the first formal examination opinions before it meets the conditions for being accepted for registration. If you fail to complete the correction before the official deadline, you can apply for an extension. The official will arrange for the trademark to be published in the official trademark announcement by examining the application for registered trademark, and the registration fee must also be within these six months.
Official receiving time: 1 week
Time required for registration: 8- 13 months.
Trademark objection period: 3 months
Revocation time limit for continuous non-use: 3 years
The validity period of Australian trademarks: 10 year (counting from the date of registration).
Australian trademark renewal: each renewal is valid for 10 year. You can apply for renewal before the trademark registration expires 1 year, or you can apply for renewal after the expiration 1 year.
Analysis of Australian trademark handling method: Australia is a member of Madrid, and the fee is 357 Swiss francs. If the Australian trademark is registered separately in Madrid, the official trademark fee in Madrid is (653+357)*7=7070 yuan, and the international trademark registration agency fee in Madrid is 3000 yuan, accounting for 10070 yuan. Requirements: Notice of acceptance of domestic trademarks. It is more expensive to register an Australian trademark through Madrid than to register it separately. In addition, it takes a long time to pass through Madrid, and there is no separate Australian trademark certificate that passes Made Path. So it is more appropriate to choose a single method.
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