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Trade Marks Act 2002

Process for obtaining registration of trade mark and other matters - Registration of trade mark

51: Commissioner's requirements on registration

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"What happens when your trade mark is accepted"

When a trade mark is registered, the Commissioner has to do three things. First, they need to write down two important dates in the register: the actual date when the trade mark was registered and the date it's considered to be registered. Second, they need to give you a certificate that shows your trade mark is registered. Third, if you applied to register more than one trade mark as a set, the Commissioner will register all of them together as one group.

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Part 3Process for obtaining registration of trade mark and other matters
Registration of trade mark

51Commissioner's requirements on registration

  1. On the registration of a trade mark, the Commissioner must—

  2. enter, on the register, the actual date of registration and the deemed date of registration; and
    1. issue to the applicant a certificate of registration; and
      1. in the case of an application for the registration of a series of trade marks, register the trade marks as a series in 1 registration.