Daion Co., LTD., Registration with the Trade Marks Office of Australia

While looking for all things Daion back on the 13th of May 2013, I found what appears to be the registration of the Daion Co., LTD., with the Trade Marks Office of Australia.

I assume that this was done for the official importing of Daion branded instruments into Australia. Does this mean that prior to 1980 no Daion instruments were imported into Australia, or merely that this was when Daion Co., LTD., officially registered the trade mark?

http://www.ipaustralia.com.au/applicant/daion-co-ltd

On the page linked above, there is the following blurb:

"DAION with trademark number 318486 was lodged on 24/05/1978 and has a status of Removed - Not Renewed . The applicant/owner of the trademark is registered as Daion Co. Ltd..

Then on the following link, there is similar information:

http://www.ipaustralia.com.au/applicant/daion-co-ltd

Daion Co. Ltd. trademarks in AustraliaDaion Co. Ltd. currently has 1 trademark in Australia associated with it. The filing date for this trademark is 24/05/1978. The specific trademark currently associated with this applicant is shown in the table below.

Trademark Number	Description	Type	Status	Lodgement Date
318486	DAION	Fancy	Removed - Not Renewed	1978-05-24

However there are only four dates I can see on this form, none of which are 24/05/1978, and they are as follows:

The circular "Trade Marks Office Canberra" stamp in the middle of the form appears to be hand signed and dated 15/7/80 (15th of July 1980). The familiar official Daion logo is located to the bottom right of this stamp as well.

To the lower left is written "Accepted" with a date of "28 AUG 1980" stamped next to it.

Below that is "Registered" with a date of "12 MAY 1983" stamped next to it.

Then in stamped in bigger a bigger font above these dates is "10 OCT 1985 REMOVED FROM REGISTER".

Not being an expert in Trade Marks I don't know what impact these dates have on the importation of Daion instruments. I'm not sure what the difference between Accepted and Registered is, because it would seem that from the Accepted date of 28th August 1980 to the Registered date of 12th May 1983 is a long time to be waiting between being accepted and actually registered (although this would have been through the public service so who knows!)? Maybe someone who knows more about the Trade Mark process could answer this?

In any case this is just another interesting little tit-bit of info about Daion in Australia I thought I would share.