New Zealand’s designs are now on EUIPO’s DesignView JUL 13, 2020 As of 30 June 2020, IPONZ has made its design data available to the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s (EUIPO) 'DesignView' search tool.
Decisions of the Commissioner – June 2020 JUL 7, 2020 Decisions of the Commissioner issued in June are now available online.
The Plant Variety Rights Journal – July 2020 JUL 2, 2020 The latest quarterly edition of the Journal is now available.
WIPO update on their new COVID-19 International Policy Tracker, and more JUN 19, 2020 The following updates may be of interest to New Zealand users of Intellectual Property (IP) services.
Improvements to the IPONZ online case management facility JUN 18, 2020 Improvements to the IPONZ online case management facility as of 18 June 2020.
Decisions of the Commissioner – May 2020 JUN 17, 2020 Decisions of the Commissioner issued in May are now available online.
Update to Patents Examination Manual and Patent Technical Focus Group meeting notes JUN 17, 2020 IPONZ has made updates to its Patents Examination Manual, based on results from its most recent Patent Technical Focus Group meeting.