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What are possible grounds for the Trade Marks Office to raise objections?
The Trade Mark office may raise objections to your trade mark application based on your trade mark being for example:
● a prohibited sign. For example, you are not permitted to register a trade mark which includes Olympic insignia. We will advise you if your mark might be considered a prohibited sign.
● incapable of distinguishing your designated goods or services from those of other traders. This is a common objection to marks which are descriptive - eg, an application for registration of the trade mark FAST CARS in respect of sports cars. We advise you to avoid using trade marks which are highly descriptive of your designated goods or services as these will undoubtedly fall foul of this objection. However, we understand the attraction of using descriptive marks. If such an objection is raised, it might be possible to convince the examiner, with evidence, that your trade mark has in fact become distinctive of your designated goods or services by reason of your use or intended use of the mark.
● likely to deceive or cause confusion because of some connotation that the trade mark has. For example, if the application was for the mark FRENCH WINE in respect of Australian wine, that would likely deceive or cause confusion to consumers.
If you receive an examiner's adverse report, we will advise you as to the strength of the examiner's objection and what you might do to overcome it. You may instruct us to write to the examiner and plead your case in support of the application.
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