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This document provides guidelines on whether relative grounds exist for refusing registration of a trade mark. In particular, this document concerns the relative grounds for refusal stipulated in sections 27-30 of the Trade Marks Act 2002. These Guidelines do not constrain the judgment and discretion of the Commissioner of Trade Marks, and each application will be considered on its own merits.

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1. Introduction
2. Flags, armorial bearings, insignia, orders of chivalry or decorations generally
- 2.1 Consent
3. Flags, state emblems of convention countries
4. Armorial bearings, flags, emblems and names of international organisations
- 4.1 Consent
- 4.2 Connection between organisation and trade mark
5. Notification under the Paris convention or trips agreement
6. Annexures
- A. Paris convention for the protection of industrial property
- B. Convention countries

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