Formal review: After the application is submitted, the legality review of the submitted application documents, trademark drawings, power of attorney and other documents will be carried out; if the regulations are met, the application date and application number will be awarded.

Search report: The Internal Affairs Bureau will conduct a search for previously registered or applied Australian trademarks on its own 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 for trademark announcement. .

Substantive examination: When the Internal Affairs Bureau examines an Australian trademark application, it will only examine its registrability (i.e. distinctiveness), also known as absolute grounds, and will not examine relative grounds, that is, it will not The application was rejected citing prior rights.

Trademark Notice: After review, if the examiner considers that the trademark application is acceptable, an announcement will be published on the Australian Official Trademark Notice. The objection period is 3 months from the date of announcement.

Registration approval: Trademarks that are found to be registrable after opposition, or trademarks that have been announced as having no objections will be approved for registration and a registration certificate will be issued. The entire smooth application process (if there are no rejections, objections, etc.) takes about 9-15 months.