Trade Marks Act 2002

Process for obtaining registration of trade mark and other matters - When registration of trade mark ceases - Duration of registration

57: Duration of registration

You could also call this:

"Trade marks usually last for 10 years after you register them"

When you register a trade mark under this law, it lasts for 10 years. The 10 years start from the day the trade mark is considered registered. However, your trade mark might stop being registered before the 10 years are up.

It's important to know that this rule doesn't apply to trade marks that were first registered under an older law called the Trade Marks Act 1953. Those trade marks follow different rules.

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Part 3Process for obtaining registration of trade mark and other matters
When registration of trade mark ceases: Duration of registration

57Duration of registration

  1. The duration of the registration of a trade mark under this Act is effective for a period of 10 years commencing on the deemed date of registration unless the trade mark ceases to be registered before the expiration of that period.

  2. This section does not apply to a trade mark first registered under the Trade Marks Act 1953.