UPOV webinar on plant variety right applications in New Zealand and Australia FEB 3, 2025 IPONZ will join UPOV for a webinar on using the UPOV PRISMA system to make plant variety rights applications in New Zealand and Australia.
Decisions of the Commissioner – December 2024 JAN 9, 2025 Decisions of the Commissioner issued in December are now available.
The Plant Variety Rights Journal - January 2025 JAN 6, 2025 The latest quarterly edition of the Journal is now available.
Māori Plant Varieties Committee members appointed DEC 20, 2024 An inaugural group of members has recently been appointed to the Māori Plant Varieties Committee.
Updates to the Patents Examination Manual DEC 13, 2024 IPONZ has updated its Patents Examination Manual to include new guidance on Swiss-type claims.
Decisions of the Commissioner – November 2024 DEC 4, 2024 Decisions of the Commissioner issued in November are now available.
IPONZ and EPO launch Patent Prosecution Highway programme DEC 2, 2024 IPONZ has partnered with the European Patent Office on a Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme.