News and updates
IPONZ closed for Easter Holidays - 25 and 28 March 2016
IPONZ’s office will be closed for business on Good Friday and Easter Monday, 25 and 28 March 2016. Our website will remain available throughout this period. Please note the following important considerations: If the deadline for filing an application or document falls…
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Trade marks
Practice guidelines
Absolute grounds - Distinctiveness
Guidelines on whether absolute grounds exist for refusing registration of a trade mark. In particular, this document concerns the absolute grounds for refusal stipulated in section 18 of the Trade Marks Act 2002. These Guidelines do not constrain the judgement and discretion of the Commissioner of…
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Trade marks
Practice guidelines
Renewal and restoration
This document provides guidelines on renewal and restoration of a trade mark registered under 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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Plant Variety Rights
Technical guidance
Use of Foreign Test Reports for DUS Testing in New Zealand
Introduction The Plant Variety Rights Act 1987 requires that protection can be applied for a variety in any plant genera, excluding bacteria and algae and that all DUS decisions are made using plant to plant comparisons in growing trials. The consequence of this…
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Patents
The Patent Examination Manual
Section 67: Applicants must act by deadline if deadline set by Commissioner
(1) If the Commissioner has acted under section 66(2)(b), the applicant must, by the deadline (if any) set by the Commissioner, make a substantive response to the report. (2) After each response, the Commissioner may issue a further report under section 65, and, if the…
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Patents
Patents Act 1953
Foreign filing permits
Where a New Zealand resident wishes to file an application for a patent abroad without first filing a corresponding patent application in New Zealand, then the resident must obtain a foreign filing permit from the Commissioner under section 25(5) before making the foreign patent…
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Patents
Search
Guide to searching of the patent register
This page contains guidance on searching for patent applications and granted patents in the New Zealand Patents Register.
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Trade marks
Trade Mark Hearings
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Patents
International
Filing a Treaty application from New Zealand
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (the “Treaty”) allows you to file a single application in over 140 participating countries.
News and updates
The Journal - May 2016
The May edition of the Journal is now available. To view the sections of the journal select the links below: General Information Patent, Trade Mark and Design applications and registrations .
