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You waste time and money if you apply for a trade mark that is unsuitable or already registered. TM Headstart can help you determine if your mark may be registrable.

Take five

As soon as you lodge your TM Headstart request online, we will begin the process of assessing your trade mark. We'll then phone you within 5 working days to let you know the results of the assessment. You then have 5 working days to decide whether you want to go ahead and file a trade mark application or not.

No go?

If your trade mark would not pass the formal trade mark application process we'll tell you why. As you have not yet applied for registration you are able to make some changes that may make your mark registrable.

Low dough

It only costs $90 per class of goods/services to have your trade mark assessed for registrability with TM Headstart. If you decide to go the next step and file a formal trade mark application, you will need to pay another $90 per class.