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Trade marks
Examination process
Once submitted, your application to register a trade mark will be examined to see if it meets legal requirements.
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Trade marks
Examination process
Classifying
When you apply to register a trade mark you need to include a list of all goods and services that you want or intend to use the mark for.
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Create and maintain users for an organisation
You can set up multiple user accounts under the same organisation in the IPONZ online case management facility. This will allow these accounts to file applications and requests under the name of that legal entity. For example: If different people in your company are…
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World IP Day Seminar – Innovation Improving Lives
Come and hear award winning plastic surgeon and scientist Dr Swee Tan discuss his pioneering work to improve the lives of people with cancer and other serious health conditions. This free public seminar is to celebrate World IP Day. The theme this year is …
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The PVR Journal - July 2017
The latest quarterly edition of the Journal is now available.
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The Journal - September 2017
The September edition of the Journal is now available.
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Plant Variety Rights
Technical guidance
Variety testing in New Zealand
Variety testing The Plant Variety Rights Act 1987 Section 10 (d) requires that a variety is eligible for a grant of Rights if that variety is sufficiently distinct, uniform and stable (DUS). In all instances the determination of DUS is carried out in a growing…
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Decisions of the Commissioner – June and July 2019
Decisions of the Commissioner issued in June and July are now available online.
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Reminder on final round of New Zealand patent attorney examinations under transitional arrangements
IPONZ reminds all remaining candidates that the registration deadline for the final round of New Zealand patent attorney examinations is on 1 February 2020.
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Decisions of the Commissioner – February 2021
Decisions of the Commissioner issued in February are now available online.
