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Patents
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Once submitted, your application to register a patent will be examined by the following process.
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Plant Variety Rights
Technical guidance
Detailed information about our plant variety rights testing practices, including growing trial requirements, supply of plant material and other testing and examination activities.
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Designs
Practice guidelines
Classification and reclassification for designs - guidelines superseded 8 February 2012
New Zealand Registered Designs and design applications are presently classified in accordance with the article or articles to which the design is applied using version 6 of the International Locarno Design Classification System, augmented by some subdivisions of some subclasses, designated alphabetically A, B etc. …
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International
Filing a Treaty application from New Zealand
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (the “Treaty”) allows you to file a single application in over 140 participating countries.
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Geographical indications
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Nelson
Nelson - A geographical indication for wine registered with the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ).
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Plant Variety Rights
Technical guidance
Arrangements for growing trials for the testing of distinctness, uniformity and stability (2022 Act)
The PVR Office arranges growing trials to assess whether a new variety is eligible for a grant of Rights.
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World IP Day 2024 panel discussion. IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity.
World IP Day 2024 panel discussion. IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity.
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