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Patents
Patents Act 1953
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Designs
Practice guidelines
Representations for designs
Introduction This note reiterates and clarifies practices regarding the filing of representations for designs to be registered by IPONZ under the Designs Act 1953. The representations of a design serve to identify the design, so that a design applied to an article can be…
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Trade marks
Trade Mark Hearings
Pleadings
What are pleadings? Pleadings are the documents which outline a party’s grounds of dispute. The party who initiates a proceeding will file pleadings in the form of either: a notice of opposition; or an application for revocation; or an application for…
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IPONZ closed for Labour Day – 24 October 2016
IPONZ’s office will be closed for business on Labour Day, Monday, 24 October 2016.
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Decisions of the Commissioner - March 2017
Decisions of the Commissioner issued in March are now available online. Select the links to see the decisions. Trade marks Decision Subject Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare (UK) IP Limited [2017] NZIPOTM…
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Decisions of the Commissioner – April 2018
Decisions of the Commissioner issued in April are now available online.
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Decisions of the Commissioner – October 2018
Decisions of the Commissioner issued in October are now available online.
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Update to Trade Mark Practice Guidelines
IPONZ has recently updated its practice guidelines relating to the term “featuring” in trade mark specifications, and to the division process for national trade marks.
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Decisions of the Commissioner – May 2019
Decisions of the Commissioner issued in May are now available online.
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IPONZ patent and trade mark fees will change on 13 February 2020
The amendments to regulations to update patent and trade mark fees have now been approved by Cabinet and the Executive Council. The changes to fees will come into force on 13 February 2020.
