Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TRADE MARKS ACT 1995 No. 119 of 1995 - SECT 39

39. (1) An application for the registration of a trade mark must be rejected
if the trade mark contains or consists of a sign that, under regulations made
for the purposes of section 18, is not to be used as a trade mark.

(2) An application for the registration of a trade mark may be rejected if the
trade mark contains or consists of:

   (a)  a sign that is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection; or

   (b)  a sign so nearly resembling:

        (i)    a sign referred to in paragraph (a); or

        (ii)   a sign referred to in subsection (1); as to be likely to be
               taken for it.