There are different ways of registering your trade mark.

Most trade marks are intended to enable consumers to associate a particular trade mark with a particular trader and their goods and/or services.

However, there are also what are known as "certification" trade marks – these trade marks are used to show that the goods or services in question have been certified as meeting certain prerequisites (e.g. the "heart tick" symbol). In order to obtain a certification trade mark it is necessary to lodge clear Regulations setting out the prerequisites for use of the mark.

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