Trade Marks Act 1998 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Registration of Trade Marks
5A. Division of application for registration
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Subject to this section and any rules made under subsection (3), an application for registration of a trade mark may, at the request of the applicant, be divided into 2 or more separate applications for registration of the trade mark.
trade mark
“trade mark” means any sign capable of being represented graphically and which is capable of distinguishing goods or services dealt with or provided in the course of trade by a person from goods or services so dealt with or provided by any other person;
A request under subsection (1) —
must be made to the Registrar —
in the prescribed manner; and
before the trade mark is registered; and
is subject to the payment of such fee as may be prescribed.
The Minister may make rules for the purposes of this section and may, in those rules, provide for —
the circumstances in which an application for registration of a trade mark may be divided;
the conditions to be satisfied before a request under subsection (1) may be granted by the Registrar; and
the effect of dividing an application for registration of a trade mark into 2 or more separate applications for registration of the trade mark.