date:Mar 20, 2014
his from happening, Mr Smith said.
The OzEmite trademark was registered in October 1999, but was not approved until 2003 and Dick Smith did not launch the product until 2012. The AussieMite trademark was registered in 2001, approved in 2006.
Under Australian trademark laws the owner of a trademark has the obligation to use it within five years, or a third party is able to have it removed from the register. When Dick Smith launched the OzEmite product eight years after the trademark had been ap