Trade Marks Attorneys

Look under this Yellow Pages® heading for information on trade marks attorneys. Trade mark attorneys provide advice and services relating to the clearance, registration, protection, enforcement and management of trade marks to a wide range of local and overseas clients. They can usually offer a wide array of trade mark and trademark-related services including advice on brand creation, meeting registration requirements in Australia and overseas, filing and all aspects of prosecution of trade mark applications, defending actions for removal and the monitoring of correct trade mark usage among many others.

Trade mark attorneys are expert service providers, capable of establishing and enforcing intellectual property rights on behalf of their clients, both throughout Australia and overseas. Their clientele may include but are not limited to the following industries adhesives, chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics, biotechnology, business methods, ceramics, computers, engineering, genetic engineering, immunology, materials science, medicinal chemistry, microbiology, nanotechnology, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, refinery processes, refrigerants, semiconductors, software, and wine science among others. A trade mark registration, once registered will be in force for ten years from the date of application and can be renewed for further periods of ten years each thereafter.

Trade mark attorneys can offer a wide range of trade mark services including advice on brand creation and meeting trade mark registration requirements in Australia and overseas, filing of trade mark applications locally and internationally, including via the Madrid Protocol, prosecution of trade mark applications, including appearance at hearings, defending actions for trade mark removal, acting in opposition proceedings; trade mark clearance, and searching and watching services. Trademark attorneys usually have a vast number of assistants working with them in order to provide services such as worldwide searches to determine prior applications, registrations, conflicting trade marks, and provide competitor monitoring activities.