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• What is IP?
  • What is intellectual property?
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  • IP for business
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  • Education
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  • Innovation in New Zealand
  • History of intellectual property in New Zealand
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      • Intellectual property information for YES students
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• Patents
  • What is a patent?
  • Why register a patent?
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  • International patent protection
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  • How to apply for a patent
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    • Do I pay GST?
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  • Legislation / Hearings
    • Patent opposition and revocation
      • 1. Opposition proceedings (section 21)
        • Notice of opposition
        • Grounds of opposition
        • Priority dates
        • Statement of case
        • Regulation 49: Counterstatement
        • Evidence
        • Overview of the opposition process
        • Extensions of time
        • Costs
      • 2. Refusal of a patent without opposition (section 22)
        • Regulation 57: Notice to applicant
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      • 3. Revocation
        • Regulation 104: Application for revocation
        • Regulation 105: Procedure for opposing revocation
    • Costs awards in proceedings before the commissioner
  • Practice guidelines
    • 2004-2009 Business Updates
      • Succinctness of claims
      • Contrary to morality | Raising objections under section 17(1)
      • Guidelines for the examination of Swiss-type claims
      • Medical treatment of humans
      • Request for postponement of acceptance under section 20(1) of the Patents Act 1953
      • Discretionary extensions of time under section 93(1) for patent examination correspondence
      • Post-dating at applicant’s request
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      • Antedated divisional applications
      • IPONZ International Patent Classification of patents
      • English Language Translation – Entry into New Zealand PCT National Phase
      • Online filing facility for patent applications
      • Swiss-type claims (superseded)
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      • Notes from the meeting of 21 August 2008
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  • Patent FAQs
• Trade Marks
  • What is a trade mark?
  • Why register a trade mark?
  • How to check for existing trade marks
    • Guide to online searching of the trade mark register
      • 1. Connecting to IPONZ
      • 2. Search options
        • 2.1 Introduction
        • 2.2 Simple text searches
        • 2.3 Searching for trade mark images/logos
        • 2.4 Searching trade marks by class and classification system
        • 2.5 Searching for special characters
        • 2.6 Searching for protected marks
        • 2.7 Advanced boolean searches
      • 3. Viewing your search results
        • 3.1 Full List
        • 3.2 Selective List
        • 3.3 Trade mark database extract
      • 4. Saving your search results
      • 5. Delivering your search results
        • 5.1 Delivery
        • 5.2 Monitoring your delivered results
      • Appendix One - Trade mark search form
      • Appendix Two - Trade mark database extract
      • Appendix Three - Trade mark text search strings
      • Appendix Four - Vienna descriptor overview
      • Appendix Five - Classification system class headings
  • The trade mark process
    • How to apply for a trade mark
    • Classifying goods or services
      • Trade mark classes
        • Detailed classification for applications from January 1 2007
      • Appendix 1 - Applications from January 2002 to 31 December 2006
      • Appendix 2 - Applications from 11 December 1941 to 31 December 2001
      • Appendix 3 - Applications to 10 December 1941
      • Detailed classification for applications from January 1 2007
    • Examination step
      • Maori Trade Marks Advisory Committee
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    • The Journal
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      • 02 Filing trade mark applications
      • 04 Absolute Grounds - General
    • Practice notes
    • Information for clients
  • Trade mark FAQs
• Designs
  • What is a design?
  • Why register a design?
  • How to check for existing designs
  • The designs process
  • How to apply for a design
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    • Statement of novelty for designs
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    • Online filing facility for design applications
    • Practice notes
    • Information for clients
  • Design FAQs
• PVR
  • What is a plant variety right (PVR)?
  • Why register a plant variety right?
  • How to check for existing plant variety rights
  • The plant variety right process
  • How to apply for a plant variety right
  • Maintaining a plant variety right
  • Forms and fees
    • Plant Variety Rights Fee Schedule
    • Technical questionnaires
  • Legislation
  • New Zealand plant variety rights journal
    • New Zealand Plant Variety Rights Journal No. 117 published 14 April 2009
    • New Zealand Plant Variety Rights Journal No. 116 published 14 January 2009
    • New Zealand Plant Variety Rights Journal No. 115 published 14 October 2008
    • New Zealand Plant Variety Rights Journal No. 114 published 14 July 2008
    • New Zealand Plant Variety Rights Journal No. 113 published 14 April 2008
    • New Zealand Plant Variety Rights Journal No. 112 published 14 January 2008
  • PVR FAQs
• Copyright
  • What is copyright?
  • How do you protect copyright?
  • How long does copyright protection last?
  • Copyright protection overseas
  • Legislation
  • Moral rights and performers rights
• IPONZ
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      • Request a copy of the New Zealand Patent Office journal
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    • A guide to registering as a patent attorney in New Zealand
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      • Patent attorney examination syllabus for 2009
      • Archived examination syllabuses, papers and examiner's comments
      • Patent attorney exam results 2008
    • Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement for the patent attorney profession
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