News and updates
The Plant Variety Rights Journal - April 2016
The latest quarterly edition of the Journal is now available. Choose from the links below to view the sections of the Journal. General information [PDF, 106 KB] Plant variety right applications and registrations
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Trade marks
Practice guidelines
Current practice guidelines
Trade Mark Act 2002 Practice Guidelines
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Trade marks
Practice guidelines
Names and Representations of Persons
Guidelines on section 23 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
1953 Patents Act practice guidelines
Below is a list of archived practice guidelines published by IPONZ under the 1953 Patents Act. These guidelines provide detailed information for patent practices including filing requirements and our examination and processing activities.
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Plant Variety Rights
Technical guidance
Guidelines for PVR growing trials on an applicant's property
Purpose To establish whether or not a PVR candidate variety is distinct, uniform and stable under local climatic conditions and to draft the complete variety description for that variety. Establishment The growing trial must be established as soon as possible after notification of…
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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
Cancellation or Alteration
Any aggrieved person may apply to have a trade mark registration cancelled or altered, based on specific grounds provided by law.
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Patents
Hearings
The role of the IPONZ Hearings Office
The IPONZ Hearings Office is a specialist tribunal that is responsible for administering patent proceedings under the Patents Act 1953 and Patents Act 2013 in a fair, efficient and cost effective manner. Such proceedings include: an opposition to a patent, an application…
News and updates
Decisions of the Commissioner – February and March 2018
Decisions of the Commissioner issued in February and March 2018 are now available online.
