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Trade marks
Examination process
Examination
Trade Mark applications are examined to make sure they comply with all the requirements of the Trade Marks Act 2002.
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Designs
Practice guidelines
Our practices and procedures relating to aspects of the registration of designs, based on the 1953 Designs Act and 2010 Designs Amendment Act.
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Patents
The Patent Examination Manual
Section 230: Commissioner may extend time limits for delays by Commissioner
(1) The Commissioner may extend the time within which anything must be done under this Act or the regulations if that thing is not or will not be done in time because of a delay by the Commissioner. (2) The Commissioner may grant the extension…
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Patents
Practice notices
2016/01: Updates to Patent Examination Manual
Section 8 Meaning of prior art base The information relating to the whole of contents novelty under section 8(2) has been updated. The types of document that would be considered to be ‘another patent application’ have been amended: A patent application made…
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Geographical indications
The Act
The Geographical Indications Registration Act 2006 establishes a legal framework for the registration of geographical indications.
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Geographical indications
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Vlaamse landwijn
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Geographical indications
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Сухиндолска гроздова ракия / Гроздова ракия от Сухиндол / Suhindolska grozdova rakya / Grozdova rakya from Suhindol
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Franken
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Sendenhorster Korn / Kornbrand
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