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- Legal Updates
- Case Law
- Branding FAQs
- What is a trade mark?
- What trade marks can be registered?
- What legal rights does a registered trade mark give me?
- How long does a trade mark registration last?
- How can I get foreign trade mark protection?
- Does writing TM after my logo give me any protection?
- When can I use the registered trade mark symbol?
- My company is registered, do I need to register my trade mark?
- I have registered a domain do I still need to register a trade mark?
- Someone registered a domain using my trade mark, what can I do?
- Can I register a trade mark on a name used by someone else?
- Someone registered a trade mark that I have right to, what can I do?
- A competitor has infringed my trade mark registration: what should I do?
- A competitor is using my trade mark to attract visitors to their website: what can I do?
- I am making my business into a franchise operation: should I register my trade mark?
- Registering a name that someone else has rights to in a different industry
- Once I own a trade mark registration, do I have to use it?
Any sign capable of being represented graphically that can distinguish the goods or services from those of other traders may be registered. Trade marks that are descriptive of the goods or services or are of a laudatory nature are not generally susceptible to registration. A trade mark application for a trade mark which is confusingly similar to an existing trade mark registration is likely to be opposed.
