Referral, by design. We do not give trademark legal advice in-house. To keep the legal work with the people qualified to sign it, we arrange trademark clearance, filing and enforcement through an independent registered trade marks attorney — and stay alongside you to handle the valuation, tax and accounting that sits around it.
Trading under a name is not the same as owning it. Without a registered trade mark, someone else can register it and you may be the one forced to change. But trademark clearance, filing and enforcement are legal services — only a registered trade marks attorney or lawyer may advise on them. So the legal work belongs with a qualified attorney, while the valuation, tax and accounting around your brand stays with us.
The legal protection handled by a qualified attorney, with the valuation, ownership and tax around the mark coordinated by us.
Where this maps in the law
Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth), administered by IP Australia; trademark legal advice is reserved to registered trade marks attorneys and lawyers under the Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Act 1994.
This page is general information only — not personal financial, tax, legal or intellectual-property advice. Any valuation, tax or advisory work is performed under a signed engagement with Local Knowledge Pty Ltd, in accordance with the applicable professional standards. Trademark legal advice is provided by an independent registered trade marks attorney.
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