Draft IP Laws Amendment Bill 2017 - Part 13: Acceptance of trade mark applications (& Part 12 of the draft Regulations)

At a glance

Policy ID: 66

Status: Identified for action

Priority: Medium

Trade marks

Issue summary

In 2016-2017, IP Australia consulted on specific proposals related to examination timeframes. Following this consultation, IP Australia has continued to explore these issues, collect data, and review trade mark timeframes more broadly, including acceptance and divisional timeframes, response periods, extensions of time, deferrals of acceptance and other matters.

History

  • On hold 4 September 2017

Comments

Public consultation on this issue took place from November 2016 - February 2017.

In light of stakeholder feedback and other legislative priorities for IP Australia, this proposal has remained a Medium priority. We continue to investigate and consider a package of proposals for inclusion in a later Bill.  

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