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After trademarks have been accepted for registration by IP Australia, this fact is advertised in the Official Trade Marks Journal. This triggers a two month period known as the ‘Opposition Period’ in which others have a right to oppose to the registration of the trademark. In this article, we give answers to some frequently asked questions about trademark oppositions.

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If you've filed a standard trademark application, it will automatically come up for examination by an IP Australia Trademark Examiner, usually within two to four months of filing (unless expedited). What happens next can be difficult to predict, but in this article we’ll try to give you a sense of how things could go.

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