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Decisions of the Commissioner – July 2020

AUG 18, 2020

Decisions of the Commissioner issued in July are now available online.

Upcoming public consultations on Plant Variety Rights review

AUG 5, 2020

MBIE will hold additional public meetings in relation to upcoming consultation on the Plant Variety Rights Act review.

Brexit transition: Changes to international trade mark registrations designating the European Union (EU)

AUG 4, 2020

The following updates may be of interest to filers of New Zealand Office of Origin (NZOOs) – international registrations filed via IPONZ which designated EU as

The Journal – July 2020

JUL 31, 2020

The July 2020 edition of the Journal is now available.

Update: Review of the Copyright Act 1994 – Issues Paper status

JUL 17, 2020

The following update relates to the review of the Copyright Act 1994 and may be of interest to New Zealand copyright owners and users of Intellectual Property (IP) services. The Copyright Act is an important piece of legislation that governs the way we create, distribute, consume and interact with content.

IPONZ services during COVID-19

JUL 16, 2020

IPONZ’s online services will continue to be available as normal, with some allowance provided for issues related to COVID-19.

Deadline extensions for patents responses due to COVID-19

JUL 16, 2020

This article provides additional clarification regarding IPONZ extending due dates for a number of cases and tasks in acknowledgement of the disruption caused b

Hearings evidence guidelines and status of hearings by attendance under COVID-19

JUL 16, 2020

IPONZ’s practices involving evidence deadlines, statutory declarations and affidavits, and hearings, in acknowledgement of the disruption caused by COVID-19.

New Zealand’s designs are now on EUIPO’s DesignView

JUL 13, 2020

As of 30 June 2020, IPONZ has made its design data available to the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s (EUIPO) 'DesignView' search tool.

Decisions of the Commissioner – June 2020

JUL 7, 2020

Decisions of the Commissioner issued in June are now available online.