3.6 Change of name or address

¹⁸Where a different agent to the one listed on the trade mark application or registration makes an application for a change of name or address on behalf of an applicant or the owner of a trade mark, a written authorisation of agent is not required, unless the Commissioner asks for written authorisation in a particular case.¹⁹ The fact that the agent files the application for a change of name or address is sufficient evidence of the agent’s authority to do so.

The agent requesting the change of name or address will not be entered as the new agent for the trade mark unless the agent files a general or specific authorisation of agent.

Footnotes

¹⁸Practice Guideline Amendment 2008/04, Intellectual Property Office Newsletter, April 2008.