IPONZ API
We offer an IPONZ API (Application Programming Interface) that allows you to build software that connects directly to the IPONZ system. For more information on this API, please visit the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment API platform. IPONZ API — Business.govt.nz…
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Trade marks
Practice guidelines
Priority of trade mark applications
This document provides guidelines on the priority of trade mark applications under 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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Trade marks
Practice guidelines
Minimum requirements for filing applications
The following guideline sets out the prescribed requirements for filing trade mark applications.
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Patents
Patents Act 1953
Renewals
Renewing a patent Patents are granted for a maximum period of twenty years measured from the date of filing of the complete specification. Renewal fees are due at the end of the 4th, 7th, 10th and 13th years of a patent. If renewal fees are…
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Trade marks
Trade Mark Hearings
The role of the IPONZ Hearings Office
The IPONZ Hearings Office is a specialist tribunal that is responsible for administering proceedings under the Trade Marks Act 2002 in a fair, efficient and cost effective manner. Proceedings include: an opposition to a trade mark application, an application to revoke a trade…
News and updates
Start of Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time will commence in New Zealand on Sunday, 25 September 2016.
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Decisions of the Commissioner - February 2017
Decisions of the Commissioner issued in February are now available online. Select the links to see the decisions. Trade marks Decision Subject A. Menarini Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.r.l. [2017] NZIPOTM 5 …
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Geographical indications
Practice guidelines
Evidence of quality, reputation or other characteristic
Applicants must explain (and provide reliable evidence of) the quality, reputation or other characteristic of the wine and/or spirit that is essentially attributable to the GI.
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Improvements to the IPONZ online case management facility
Improvements to the IPONZ online case management facility as of 18 July 2019.
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The Journal - March 2020
The March 2020 edition of the Journal is now available.
