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Trade marks
Practice guidelines
Minimum requirements for filing applications
The following guideline sets out the prescribed requirements for filing trade mark applications.
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Patents
The Patent Examination Manual
Section 15: Inventions contrary to public order or morality not patentable inventions
(1) An invention is not a patentable invention if the commercial exploitation of the invention, so far as claimed in a claim, is contrary to— (a) public order (which in this section has the same meaning as the term ordre public as used in Article…
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Patents
Patents Act 1953
Restoring a patent or patent application
Failure to pay a renewal fee within six months of the renewal date will cause a Patent to lapse. Failure to respond to an office deadline during the application process will result in the application going abandoned. Under certain conditions it is possible to restore…
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Trade marks
Practice guidelines
Annexure to Computer Services
Outlines the correct classification of computer, telecommunication and online goods and services that are more difficult to classify. This Annexure does not constrain the judgment and discretion of the Commissioner of Trade Marks, and each application will be considered on its own merits.
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Trade marks
Trade Mark Hearings
Costs awards
In trade mark proceedings the Commissioner may award costs to a party that the Commissioner considers reasonable (Section 166).
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Patents
Hearings
Patent hearing fees
2013 Act fees Item Fee Notices of opposition by opponent $350 Application for Revocation $350 Request for a hearing $850 All fees …
News and updates
Decisions of the Commissioner – April 2018
Decisions of the Commissioner issued in April are now available online.
IPONZ fees review and consultation
Changes to some patent and trade mark fees came into force on 13 February 2020.
News and updates
New Patents Examination Manual sections
IPONZ has introduced new sections for its Patents Examination Manual to clarify our practices involving financial interests and corrections or error for patent cases.
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Plant Variety Rights
Compulsory licences or sale orders
Parties may request for the Commissioner to issue a compulsory licence for a plant variety, as a last resort in some situations.
