The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks comes into force in March 2009. Australia has been the 10th country which ratified the treaty adopted in March 2006 by members of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The treaty rules several formal aspects related to the filing of trademark applications and aims at harmonising the procedures of registration of national trademark applications. The treaty provides for the adoption of the most modern electronic technologies, remarkably speeding up the filing procedures and improving the communications between the relevant authorities and the entities who file the trade mark applications.