Australia and New Zealand Intellectual Property Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs, Litigation Acacia Law: Intellectual Property experts in Australia and New Zealand © 2003-2011 Acacia Law Acacia Law is well-known for successfully registering difficult-to-register trade marks. Trade Marks are used to protect brand names and other features of a product that are distinctive. Brand names, logos, 2D and 3D shapes, sounds, smells, colours may be protected. If you have any queries or want to know if something is registrable. Acacia Law files trade mark applications in New Zealand and/or Australia. We offer discounts if registration of the same mark is undertaken in both territories. We also provide filings for international trade mark applications (Madrid applications). Please note that New Zealand is not yet a member of the Madrid protocol. Australia is a member, and international applications are filed using Australia as the home country for the application. Trade Mark filings: We offer fixed fees for trade mark applications. The fee includes filing the application, prosecution (if any) and registration formalities. Additional fees are only raised if any of the following are necessary: a hearing, a removal application (to remove a cited mark which cannot be otherwise overcome), filing of evidence of use, filing or defending oppositions or revocation applications. Our fees are fixed per trade mark and we do not add additional fees for additional classes or additional marks in a series. Trade Mark Searches: We provide trade mark searching services and provide registrability and freedom to operate opinions. We offer competitive rates. Examples of some trade marks registered by Acacia Law EZE PULL ULTRA CRIMP