TTIPAB Trade Marks Attorney case studies
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The TTIPAB Trade Marks Attorney credential is a professional qualification for practitioners who advise on, prosecute and enforce trade mark rights, principally within the Australian and New Zealand framework. Candidates are typically paralegals, IP administrators, lawyers moving into trade marks, or technical staff seeking formal recognition of their practice skills. The TTIPAB Trade Marks Attorney case studies are 5 cases and about 3,053 words.
1The Overlapping Specification
Your client, a Melbourne-based manufacturer of cold-pressed juices, has filed an application in class 32 for 'fruit juices; vegetable juices; beverages consisting principally of fruit juice; non-alcoholic beverages flavoured with fruit'. The examiner has raised an objection that 'non-alcoholic beverages flavoured with fruit' is too broad and overlaps with the earlier claims in the specification, and has also cited a prior registration in class 32 for 'mineral and aerated waters; non-alcoholic drinks, namely fruit-flavoured carbonated beverages'.
620 words, about 3 min2The Five-Day Deadline and the Missing Declaration
You act for an applicant in opposition proceedings. The opponent filed evidence in support of the opposition, and the Registrar's direction set a deadline of 4.00pm on a Friday for the applicant to file evidence in answer.
620 words, about 3 min3The Descriptive Composite
A client applies to register the word mark 'SUNRIPE HARVEST' in class 29 for 'dried fruit; nuts; processed seeds'. The examiner objects that the mark is descriptive of fruit and nuts that are ripe and harvested in the sun, and that it lacks distinctiveness.
623 words, about 3 min4The Conflicting Instructions
You are instructed by two directors of a small family company, A and B, who are siblings and equal shareholders, to file a trade mark application for the company's brand. During a call, A tells you privately that B is planning to leave the company and set up a competing business using a similar name, and asks you not to tell B.
600 words, about 3 min5The Madrid Designation and the Priority Puzzle
A German company files an international registration under the Madrid Protocol, designating Australia, based on a German basic application filed on 3 March. The international registration is dated 12 September and claims priority from the German application.
590 words, about 3 min