When applying for trade mark registration, you are required to provide information that will be made available to the public on publication of your trade mark details. Therefore, it is important to consider what the strategic implications may be of the disclosure of, for example:
It is possible to request that the Registrar keep certain information confidential. Specifically, the following information that might be disclosed in:
Other information is made available to the public, and the Registrar will not allow for that information to be kept confidential. These information includes:
Essentially, for information to be considered confidential, it must be of sufficient significance and be inherently confidential.
When Dr. Elizabeth Kirk, Beyond Ergo decided to rebrand her specialised ergonomic business, she consulted with Binh Rey for assistance with trademarking her new name. What she discovered was that her chosen name wasn’t an ideal representation of her business, and rebranding was more involved than simply choosing a new name.
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A recent decision by the delegate of the registrar of trade marks highlights the potential for confusion when businesses choose generic brand names. Choosing generic […]
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