Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TRADE MARKS ACT 1995 - SECT 229

             (1)  A communication between a registered trade marks attorney and the attorney's client in intellectual property matters, and any record or document made for the purposes of such a communication, are privileged to the same extent as a communication between a solicitor and his or her client.

             (2)  The regulations may provide that a registered trade marks attorney or a patent attorney has, in relation to documents and property of a client in a matter relating to trade marks, the same right of lien that a solicitor has in relation to the documents and property of a client.

             (3)  In this section:

"intellectual property matters" means:

                     (a)  matters relating to patents; or

                     (b)  matters relating to trade marks; or

                     (c)  matters relating to designs; or

                     (d)  any related matters.