Trademark reply drafts, opposition formats and affidavits
Choose the format that matches your notice and stage. Each guide explains the facts, evidence and filing period, then provides an editable framework. Use the actual application, service dates and documents; remove every unsupported optional claim.
These are original drafting frameworks. The prescribed Registry forms and case-specific filing, service and execution requirements still apply. Reviewed 8 October 2026.
Examination report replies
- Reply to Section 9(1)(a): lack of distinctive character
Editable Section 9(1)(a) trademark reply draft with distinctiveness guidance, evidence checklist, filing period and official legal sources.
Download text template - Reply to Section 9(1)(b): descriptive mark
Prepare a Section 9(1)(b) descriptive-mark reply with a simple editable framework, required evidence, filing guidance and official sources.
Download text template - Reply to Section 9(1)(c): customary expression
Use this Section 9(1)(c) trademark reply framework to address customary expressions, relevant trade material and supported prior-use evidence.
Download text template - Combined reply to Sections 9 and 11
Editable trademark reply for combined Sections 9 and 11 objections, with separate arguments, cited-mark checks, evidence and filing notes.
Download text template - Reply to Section 11(1) with a comparison table
Section 11(1) trademark reply draft with a cited-mark comparison table, goods and services analysis, evidence checklist and filing notes.
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Hearing submissions
- Written submissions for a trademark show-cause hearing
Simple trademark hearing submissions draft with an issue-by-issue structure, evidence page references, hearing guidance and official sources.
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Opposition and counterstatement
- TM-O opposition: supporting statement of grounds
Editable supporting grounds for a TM-O trademark opposition, with facts, evidence, Journal-date checks and official filing guidance.
Download text template - TM-O counterstatement: paragraph-wise reply
Paragraph-wise TM-O trademark counterstatement framework with admissions, disputes, evidence checks and the Registrar-service filing period.
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Evidence and use affidavits
- Rule 45: opponent’s evidence affidavit
Rule 45 opponent evidence affidavit draft with authority, use records, exhibits, service requirements and the prescribed filing-period trigger.
Download text template - Rule 46: applicant’s evidence affidavit
Rule 46 applicant evidence affidavit framework with genuine use records, responses to opponent evidence, filing and service guidance.
Download text template - Rule 47: opponent’s reply evidence affidavit
Rule 47 trademark reply affidavit framework with focused rebuttal, exhibit references, scope limits and the optional reply-evidence period.
Download text template - Rule 25(2): affidavit supporting a prior-use claim
Rule 25(2) trademark prior-use affidavit draft with first-use evidence, ownership facts, exhibits and applicable execution requirements.
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