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AUSTRALIAN PATENTS AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PHASE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING NATIONAL PHASE ENTRY IN AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN CONVENTION PATENT APPLICATIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING CONVENTION PATENT IN AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN DESIGNS AUSTRALIAN CONVENTION DESIGN APPLICATIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING A DESIGN IN AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN TRADEMARKS AUSTRALIAN CONVENTION TRADE MARK APPLICATIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING A TRADE MARK IN AUSTRALIA MADRID TRADE MARKS DESIGNATING AUSTRALIA SEARCHES POWER OF ATTORNEY COSTS RENEWALS ANNUITIES MAINTENANCE FEES COMPETITIONS

TJ IP™ Patents, Trade Marks & Designs™ intellectual property services can provide assistance with all your PATENT, TRADE MARK and DESIGN needs, in Australia and elsewhere. We take pride in providing quality service and practical advice to all our clients to achieve strong Australian patents, trade marks and designs.

Whether your clients are interested in filing new applications, avoiding potential infringement, enforcement or validity issues, RENEWALS or other matters we look forward to your instructions. We can also provide SEARCHES to you including due diligence, freedom to operate or infringement searches, together with a carefully considered opinion.

Each matter is considered individually by an experienced patent and trade marks attorney and appropriate advice provided accordingly.

We are an innovative business, using electronic filing and media wherever possible to achieve efficient business practises and a polished look, which in turn you can report to your clients with pride. Use of electronic filing is part of the green policies of the business to reduce paper use; environmentally friendly choices are favoured throughout the business.

Our costs are highly competitive and our services of the highest quality; contact us for a copy of our cost sheets, a tailored cost estimate, or if you have any queries tj@tjip.com.au .

AUSTRALIAN PATENTS NATIONAL PHASE ENTRY & CONVENTION PATENT APPLICATIONS

We have extensive experience in filing national phase and Convention patent applications in Australia, and elsewhere. A senior patent attorney will carefully consider your application from filing through to grant and advise you accordingly with respect to the law and practise in Australia as required. Patentability requirements in Australia are similar to those of other first world countries including a "universal" novelty standard. If you have specific questions on patentable subject matter or otherwise please contact us.

REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING NATIONAL PHASE ENTRY

1.      PCT number and details of the applicant(s) and inventor(s)
2.      Copy of front page of published pamphlet
3.      Details of any amendments made during prosecution including a copy of any  amended pages.

If any documents, such as the published pamphlet, international search report or international examination report are not yet available on-line please let us have a copy with your instructions.

No documents need be signed by the applicant and no power of attorney is required for lodgement of the national phase entry in Australia.

REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING CONVENTION PATENT APPLICATION IN AUSTRALIA

1.      Convention details including the priority date, priority number and applicant details
2.      Copy of the convention specification, with any drawings
3.      Details of the applicant(s) and inventors(s) of the Australian application

No documents need be signed by the applicant and no power of attorney is required for filing a convention application in Australia.

AUSTRALIAN DESIGN APPLICATIONS & AUSTRALIAN CONVENTION DESIGN APPLICATIONS

Australian designs need to be "new and distinctive" at the time of filing or the priority date. The Designs Act 2003 raised the bar of distinctiveness required for design registration and drastically changed the prosecution process. Design applications are registered following a formalities check; substantive examination occurs post registration and only at the request of the owner or a third party. A design registration can only be enforced after being examined and certificated as valid. You may like to consider recommending design registration in Australia to your clients as a quick, and extremely economic way of protecting the look of an article. Design protection, of course, only relates to the look and overall appearance of an article, not its function. However, it is a useful tool to use in concert with patent protection.

REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGN REGISTRATION

1. A set of representations showing the design from several angles such as perspective, plan from above, side view, other side view and plan from below.
2. Details of the applicant(s) and designer(s)
3. Details of any Convention claim including priority date, number and applicant(s) details
4. An indication of whether the whole design is new or whether there are particular aspects which are new.

No documents need be signed by the applicant and no power of attorney is required for filing a design application Australia.

AUSTRALIAN TRADE MARKS & AUSTRALIAN CONVENTION TRADE MARK APPLICATIONS

Australian trade mark applications are substantively examined in Australia for both absolute and relative barriers to registration. Multi-class applications are allowable, as are service classes in accordance with the Nice classification. We would be happy to assist you to achieve a trade mark registration in Australia. Contact us for a cost estimate or for a copy of our cost and information sheets tj@tjip.com.au

REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING TRADE MARK APPLICATIONS IN AUSTRALIA

1. A copy of the mark and if a logo a clear copy, preferably in electronic format.
2. Details of the applicant(s)
3. Details of any Convention claim including priority date, number and goods and services.
4. Goods and services or if you would like us to draft the goods and services details of the nature of your client's business

No documents need be signed by the applicant and no power of attorney is required for filing a trademark application Australia.

MADRID TRADE MARKS DESIGNATING AUSTRALIA
Let us assist your clients towards registration in Australia, we will use all our knowledge and experience to advise you as to your client's options on encountering a potential barrier to registration.

SEARCHES

We can provide you and your clients with search results and corresponding advice, for example, due diligence, number or owner searches for patents, trade marks or designs, freedom to use searches, infringement and validity searches, use of trade mark searches in Australia as required. Please contact us for a cost estimate tj@tjip.com.au

RENEWALS ANNUITIES OR MAINTENANCE FEES IN AUSTRALIA

We offer competitive rates for renewals for patents, trade marks and designs. Please contact us with your specific requirements at tj@tjip.com.au and we will give you a cost estimate together with any special discount available. Discounts are available for instructions of multiple cases made at the same time.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We do not require a Power of Attorney to act for your clients in Australia. An Australian Patent Attorney can generally execute all the necessary documents for filing and prosecuting a trade mark, patent or design. Some actions such as assignment documents do still require signatures of the inventors or applicants. We can advise you in this regard if and when the situation arises.

COSTS & CHARGES

Please refer to our COSTS section and if you would like a copy of our estimated cost sheets please e-mail us with your contact details tj@tjip.com.au . If you have a specific matter of interest please let us know so we can provide you with a tailored cost estimate, as there may be discounts available.

COMPETITIONS

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