Mallesons Stephen Jaques
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Doug Robb wrote:

>Does anyone know where to get hold of a copy of the report?

For those that may have missed it:

http://www.auda.org.au/panel/name/papers/publicreport.html.

Doug also wrote: 

>But and this is the killer ... using the usual application
>process they take at least a year to get .....
 
12 months would be extremely fast to get a trade mark at the moment.  First
examination is not even occurring by then in most cases. 

>But you can't trademark generic words so suggestion
>above and this one are mutually exclusive are they?

but, as lots of people have done, you can register a company or business
name for generic terms.

regards 

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