IPA trademark 1.-definition-of-a-trade-mark — IP Australia Trade Marks Manual of Practice and Procedure – Part 20.1. Definition of a trade mark

Trade Marks Act 1995 Trade Mark Regulations 1995 Part 2 of the Act entitled “Interpretation” refers for the definition of the term “trade mark” to section 17 where it is defined as follows: A trade mark is a sign used, or intended to be used, to distinguish goods or services dealt with or provided in the course of trade by a person from goods or services so dealt with or provided by any other person. A note then refers to section 6 where the term “sign” is defined as follows: sign includes the following or any combination of the following, namely, any letter, word, name, signature, numeral, device, brand, heading, label, ticket, aspect of packaging, shape, colour, sound or scent.