Over the past couple of years the States, Territories and Australian Government have been working on a new national business name registration system. It is expected the new system will ‘launch’ in May 2012. Currently, a business name is registered in the state or territory in which the business operates. Under the new system, business […]

Mark My Words Trademark Services is pleased to announce the launch of their new blog. We hope our blog will provide useful and helpful tips and news about trademarks, but we will also make sure there’s some entertaining and ‘fun facts’ to read through. We would love it if you would stop by and leave […]

Recently, the government intellectual property office has undertaken a review of their fees. The first stage of the process is now complete and they are seeking customer feedback on the proposed changes by 16 January 2012. The proposed changes (scheduled to come into effect in July and October 2012) include higher fees on a number of steps […]

Be aware of companies sending unsolicited invoices and notifications to trademark holders. These communications will often look quite official and be requesting payment of monies to them for ‘entry’ of your trademark to their publications. These are not official notices and do not require your payment. If you  have instructed our office to act as your […]

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