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Trade marks
You can distinguish your goods or services in the market place by using a trade mark. Your trade mark could include words, colours, logos, shapes, sounds, smells or any combination of these.
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Trade marks
Enforcing
Once you own a trade mark, you are responsible for monitoring the way it is used and protecting it against infringement.
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Examination process
Opposing registration
When an application for registration of a trade mark is accepted, the application is advertised in the Journal. Any person who wishes to oppose the registration of the trade mark can do so within three months from the date of advertisement in the Journal.
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Your Inbox gives you fast access to your cases, and is the central point from which you manage your intellectual property.
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Businesses need to be aware of intellectual property, and should put measures in place to manage this.
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Enhancements to the IPONZ Case Management Facility
The enhancements to our case management facility effective as of 3 March 2016 are as follows: Addition of case domain filter for discussions You may now filter your discussions via case domain – Patents, Trade Marks, Designs, PVR, or Proceedings – in addition to…
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Practice guidelines
Adding a class to a trade mark application
Provides guidelines on adding a class to an application for registration pursuant to regulation 43 of the Trade Marks Regulations 2003. These Guidelines do not constrain the judgement and discretion of the Commissioner of Trade Marks, and each application will be considered on its own merits.
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Māori advisory committee and Māori trade marks
This document provides guidelines on sections 177-180 of the Trade Marks Act 2002. These guidelines do not constrain the judgement and discretion of the Commissioner of Trade Marks, and each application will be considered on its own merits.
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Regulation 8 Trade Mark Amendment Regulations 2012