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Copyright
Enforcing copyright
You are responsible for monitoring the way your creative works are used, and protecting these against infringement.
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Plant Variety Rights
Maintain a Plant Variety Right
There are a number of things you can do to maintain a PVR application you have filed, or a granted PVR you own.
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Trade marks
Practice guidelines
Relative grounds - Representations of the Royal Family
Guidelines on section 24 of the Trade Marks Act 2002. 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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Patents
Patents Act 1953
Filing a provisional specification
Applications with provisional specifications A provisional specification contains only a broad specification of the invention. A provisional application: Is not examined by IPONZ. Needs to disclose the invention in sufficient detail to provide basis for claims that may be made at a…
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Designs
Practice guidelines
Filing design convention documents
The Design Regulations 34(2) and 34(3) require an applicant to lodge certified convention documents and verified translations of the foreign language parts of convention documents at IPONZ at the time an application is made or within three months of the application date. IPONZ is not in…
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Trade marks
Trade Mark Hearings
How you can be heard
Regulations 122, 125, 126 and 127 — New Zealand Legislation After all the evidential steps in the proceeding are completed, you will need to decide how you wish to be heard. Your options are: (a) On the papers already…
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Patents
Hearings
Hearings Technical Focus Group
The Hearings Technical Focus Group is a forum where senior intellectual property and legal representatives meet with IPONZ to discuss Hearings Office practices, guidelines and other hearings related matters. Read the notes from the most recent meetings.
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Geographical indications
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South Island
South Island is an enduring geographical indication established by statute
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Plant Variety Rights
Technical guidance
Technical focus group
The purpose of the Plant Variety Rights Technical Focus Group (TFG) is to provide a forum for communication between client representatives and IPONZ in relation to the provision of intellectual property services on plant variety rights in New Zealand. The Group meets to: Act…
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