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Why Acorn Is For You
Because we specialise in providing expert trade mark advice to
small and medium sized Australian businesses – like yours
We’re Easy To Deal With
We Offer Sensible Prices
We’re Responsive To Your Needs
How An Application Works
Provide Details (5 minutes)
Trade Mark Search (< 2 Days)
Application (2 Days)
Some Of The People We Work With
Get it done the easy way, by experts.
We started our design shop out of the garage, and it just sort of grew from there without any real planning. As we got bigger, eventually realised that we might accidentally tread on the toes of other designers, so decided to register a trade mark on our own (to save money). It’s harder than it looks! It was a relief to hand it off to Acorn and get it done the easy way, by experts. The fixed-fee deal gave me a lot more certainty. It’s a bargain, too. An infringement claim would have broken us.
Shouldn’t have worried about the cost.
The fashion industry is constantly getting ripped off, and there’s a lot of money at stake. But I was worried about the cost of trademarking my new brand. Plus, the paperwork. Shouldn’t have worried. Done fast and costs maybe ten dollars a month when you average it out. Thanks!
I wish we trademarked our brand as soon as we started.
In a busy sector with long-term repeat business, our lifetime customer value (including family referrals) averages over $10k. So I was pretty angry to find that a competitor was using our brand name in AdWords to poach new customers from us. The team at Acorn were straight on it. It was a relief to have our trademark application in place within a week. I wish we trademarked our brand as soon as we started.
Thank you for listening.
You don’t realise how important trade marks can be, until you try selling a small chain of businesses. Thank you for listening and answering all my questions! When the time pressures start, it’s really nice to have someone on your side.
Why register your trade mark?
Avoid infringement and lawsuits
In early days, small business owners are usually very busy working on sales. There isn’t much time to thoroughly check for conflicting brands, especially in faraway places or related fields. But a good search by a professional attorney, followed by a registered trade mark, will protect you from a lawsuit when you can least afford it.
Stop copycats and counterfeits
When you register a trade mark, you get certain rights under the Trade Marks Act 1995. For example, you gain exclusive use of your trade mark in Australia for your specified goods and services. You also gain the right to assistance from Customs (Australian Border Force) against imports of counterfeits from overseas.
Secure your business’s growth
When it’s time to expand your business or sell it, lenders and buyers will insist on ‘due diligence’ to confirm all is in order. Having registered your trade marks will make this go more smoothly. Remember, a trade mark takes at least 7.5 months from filing to grant. You don’t want that sort of delay when seeking finance or a sale.