Clive Palmer faces UAP registration roadblock

Clive Palmer has been prevented from registering the United Australia Party as a business name.

Clive Palmer has filed a court claim to prevent a Queensland company from using the phrase United Australia Party. Picture: Evan Morgan

Clive Palmer has been prevented from registering the United Australia Party as a business name because another budding political outfit has already registered it with the corporate regulator.

The mining magnate and former federal MP has sought to protect the name of his UAP — which he trademarked in 2012 — by filing a court claim to prevent a Queensland company from using the phrase.

In documents filed in the Federal Court this month, Mr Palmer accused Mature Australia Party Pty Ltd and its directors, Stuart Donald and Terrence Snell, of attempting to copy the UAP name.

Mr Palmer claims Mr Donald and Mr Snell launched an unincorporated association under the name of the United Australia Party.

In April 2015, they registered the business name United Australia Party with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission, which Mr Palmer has alleged is a breach of his trademark.