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13. Series mark
This document provides guidelines on whether an application for registration of more than one trade mark meets the criteria for a series of trade marks set out in the Trade Marks Act 2002. In providing these general guidelines, IPONZ hopes to assist those who are considering applying for several marks in the one application to determine whether the application is likely to qualify as a series application. These Guidelines do not constrain the judgement and discretion of the Commissioner of Trade Marks, and each application will be considered on its own merits.
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. Statements of the goods/services
- 3. Statements of number, price, quality, or name of place
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4. Other matters of a non-distinctive character
- 4.1 Marks that differ due to spelling or conjoining
- 4.2 Marks that differ due to punctuation
- 4.3 Marks that appear to be plurals/singulars of each other
- 4.4 Marks represented with differences in upper and lower case
- 4.5 Marks with different linking elements
- 4.6 Marks represented in different styles or fonts
- 4.7 Marks that contain different or additional device material
- 4.8 Marks that contain different or additional domain name material
- 4.9 Marks that contain additional company name material
- 4.10 Marks that differ in respect of letters and/or numerals
- 4.11 Marks that differ due to language
- 4.12 Applications comprising a word and its mirror image
- 4.13 Applications in respect of several cartoon characters
- 5. Colour
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