Trade mark classification information in the journal

New Zealand follows the 10th edition of the Nice Classification of Goods and Services for Trade Marks, which is maintained by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Trade marks registered in New Zealand since 1 January 2012 are recorded on the IPONZ database as being applied for or registered under Classification System 10, referring to the current edition of Nice Classification.

Prior to 1 January 2012 IPONZ defined the version of classification system, that a trade make is registered in respect to, as either schedule 8 or 9 – a reference to the corresponding Schedule of the New Zealand Trade Marks Regulations 1954.

Schedule 9 covers trade marks applied for between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2011.

Schedule 8 covers trade marks applied for between 20 August 2002 and 31 December 2006.

For more information about the Nice Classification system please see the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) website.