IP Australia | Trade Mark Search

Word indexing constituents (the individual word components) of a trade mark are entered on IP Australia’s systems soon after an application is filed.

For example, the trade mark with the word phrase Say Hello would be indexed as HELLO and SAY.

This field searches across those word indexing constituents and transliteration indexing constituents of Chinese characters, not the trade mark phrase.

Word

All trade marks that contain an image are indexed using a standard list of image terms.

This field searches across those image indexing constituents. As you type, the dropdown list will provide image indexing terms from the standard list. If there are no dropdown options presented, it means the term you are typing is not on the standard list of image terms and the image indexing constituent search will return no results.

Image image terms

This box will perform a text search across a trade mark’s word phrase, not its word indexing constituents.

Selecting the Single term option next to the word phrase search will only find trade marks containing the word or phrase you are searching and no other words.

Word phrase

Single

A trade mark’s protection is determined by the goods and services it is registered for. Goods and services are divided into 45 classes.

Leave this field blank to search over all 45 classes or enter a class number or multiple classes separated by spaces, commas or full stops.

The system by default will also search across classes that are associated with the classes you have entered. The associated classes will display underneath the classes you have entered. To search only across the classes you have entered, not their associated classes, select Single in the dropdown menu.

Class classification search

As a trade mark moves through the application and registration process, several actions take place, and the date of each of these actions is recorded. Use this option to locate records which, for example, were filed after, before or between certain dates.

Select the relevant date from the drop down menu and then either use the calendar selector tool or type the dates in the format of YYYY-MM-DD.

Typing a year (2016) or month (2016-01) will automatically search from the beginning of that year or month.

Date

This box will perform a text search across the other information of trade marks. Where more information exists, this is recorded to provide particulars about the trade mark if it is a more unusual kind of sign (e.g. shape or colour descriptions), or various conditions of registration.

This will search across different types of information, including:

Customer provided description of the trade mark
Convention details
Conditions and limitations recorded against the trade mark
Translations and Transliterations

Other information

This box will perform a text search across the party name selected in the dropdown menu.

Name

Australian Trade Mark Search