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Trade Marks Act 2002

Process for obtaining registration of trade mark and other matters - Applications - General

33: Joint applications

You could also call this:

"When more than one person wants to share a trade mark"

If two or more people want to use a trade mark together, they can apply for it together. This is called a joint application. You can do this if only one of you is allowed to use the trade mark for all of you, or if the trade mark is for goods or services that all of you are involved with in your business.

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Part 3Process for obtaining registration of trade mark and other matters
Applications: General

33Joint applications

  1. Two or more persons may make a joint application if either or any of those persons is entitled to use the trade mark only on behalf of both or all of them, or in relation to goods or services with which both or all of them are connected in the course of trade.