Grain Industry Association of Western Australia
The Grain Industry Association of Western Australia is a not-for-profit organisation and a key industry association, dedicated to supporting and advancing the grain industry in Western Australia. It was established in 2008 in Perth, Western Australia, with the merger of the National Agricultural Commodities Marketing Association Limited of Western Australia, Oilseeds Western Australia, The Western Oat Alliance, The Western Region Barley Council and Pulse Western Australia. Its purpose is to grow the value and profitability of the Western Australian grain industry.
| Business | Grain Industry Association of Western Australia |
| Industry | Agriculture / Grains |
| Trade marks | CAREERS IN GRAIN logo (CIG logo) HARVEST YOUR POTENTIAL logo (HYP logo) |
| Trade mark types | logos |
| Territory | Australia |
| Application date | 2 August 2017 |
| Trade marks' status | Registered |
| Registration dates | CIG logo - 24 April 2019 HYP logo - 9 April 2018 |
Client Project
This client had taken the opportunity to promote employment in the Western Australian grain industry during a decline of activity in the Western Australian mining industry. The client was referred to us in 2017 because they wished to protect the trade marks, being the CIG logo and the HYP logo listed under the Trade marks heading above, associated with their Careers in Grain recruitment initiative.
How we helped
We filed two trade mark applications in Australia for the CIG logo and the HYP logo in two classes each for the Careers in Grain initiative’s services in recruitment, education, training and promotion.
The Australian Government agency that manages trade marks is IP Australia. IP Australia’s representatives who assess trade mark applications are Trade Marks Examiners.
The Trade Marks Examiner who assessed the CIG logo application raised issues with the application, mainly because the words within the trade mark are descriptive of the services branded by it. The documents we prepared and submitted in response to the issues raised, compelled the Trade Marks Examiner to re-evaluate the initial position and abandon the issues raised. We therefore successfully overcame the issues and achieved the client’s goal of having the trade mark registered.
The process took 20 months, from filing the CIG logo application to its registration as a trade mark owned by the client.
The application to register the HYP logo as a trade mark was straightforward and moved through IP Australia’s trade mark application process without issue. We obtained the trade mark registration just over eight months later. The shortest possible time-frame to obtain a trade mark registration is 7.5 months from filing the trade mark application.
