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IP Australia announces new state-based lodgement arrangements

IP Australia has announced that a designated Australia Post office in each state and the Northern Territory will become the lodgement centre for documents and payment of fees relating to registered IP rights and new applications.

The rolling transition will commence in September 2009 with Tasmania and conclude by August 2010.

This entry was posted by Adam Trumble on Monday, July 13th, 2009 at 5:25 pm and is filed under Australian Designs, Australian Patents, Australian Trademarks. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

One Response to “IP Australia announces new state-based lodgement arrangements”

  1. Adam Trumble Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    The selected Post Offices will be “deemed” as Sub-Offices for the purposes of fee payment and document lodgement under the Patents, Trade Marks and Designs Acts. As a consequence, and in accordance with the various Regulations, the Post Offices will only be available to receive fees and documents Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, except public holidays.

    Some of the Post Offices are open outside those hours, including weekends, but will not operate as Sub-Offices during the extended hours.

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