Brexit transition: Changes to international trade mark registrations designating the European Union (EU) AUG 4, 2020 The following updates may be of interest to filers of New Zealand Office of Origin (NZOOs) – international registrations filed via IPONZ which designated EU as
Update: Review of the Copyright Act 1994 – Issues Paper status JUL 17, 2020 The following update relates to the review of the Copyright Act 1994 and may be of interest to New Zealand copyright owners and users of Intellectual Property (IP) services. The Copyright Act is an important piece of legislation that governs the way we create, distribute, consume and interact with content.
IPONZ services during COVID-19 JUL 16, 2020 IPONZ’s online services will continue to be available as normal, with some allowance provided for issues related to COVID-19.
Deadline extensions for patents responses due to COVID-19 JUL 16, 2020 This article provides additional clarification regarding IPONZ extending due dates for a number of cases and tasks in acknowledgement of the disruption caused b
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.