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Trade Marks Act 2002

Administrative provisions and miscellaneous - Miscellaneous - Personal representatives

190: Recognition of agents

You could also call this:

"You can choose someone to handle your trade mark matters, but some people can't be picked"

If you own a trade mark, you can ask someone else to do things for you that are required by the Trade Marks Act 2002. This person is called your agent. You need to give them clear permission to act for you. The agent can do these things for you, and other people can deal with your agent instead of you.

However, there's a rule about who can be your agent. Some types of people are not allowed to be agents. The law lists these types of people, and you can't choose someone from that list to be your agent.

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190Recognition of agents

  1. Anything that must be done by or to a person under this Act, in relation to a trade mark, may be done by or to the person's expressly authorised agent.

  2. Subsection (1) applies only if the agent is not a prescribed class of person.