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24 Minimum requirements for filing applications
Where an application is filed before the Commissioner in paper form, IPONZ will accept any written communication that contains all the requirements for filing that document under the Trade Marks Act 2002. There are no prescribed forms under the Act. The following document sets out the prescribed requirements.
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- 1. Request for search and preliminary advice (Regulation 38)
- 2. Registration of a trade mark (Regulations 42 and 44)
- 3. Request to amend documents (other than an application for registration) (Regulation 11)
- 4. Authorisation of an agent (Regulation 22)
- 5. Alteration or revocation of an agent (Regulation 25)
- 6. Substitution of parties (Regulation 29)
- 7. Intervention by a third party (Regulation 30)
- 8. Division of a trade mark application or registration (Regulation 51 or Regulation 131B)
- 9. Merger of trade marks (Regulation 56)
- 10. Application for registration without production of letters of administration or probate (Regulation 60)
- 11. Withdrawal of an application for registration (Regulation 65)
- 12. Request for alteration of an application (Regulation 66)
- 13. Opposition
- 14. Rectification
- 15. Revocation
- 16. Invalidity
- 17. Cancellation
- 18. Request for certified copy of entry in register (Regulation 131)
- 19. Application for renewal of a trade mark (Regulation 133)
- 20. Request for alteration of owner's name or address (Regulation 135)
- 21. Request to strike out goods or services, or classes of goods or services (Regulation 136)
- 22. Conversion to the current Nice classification (Regulation 140)
- 23. Voluntary cancellation of a trade mark (Regulation 113)
- 24. Request for entry of memorandum on register (Regulation 137)
- 25. Notice of voluntary disclaimer of a trade mark (Regulation 138)
- 26. Application to register title to a trade mark (Regulation 146)
- 27. Prescribed fees (Regulation 167)
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