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Mevo
Gaining their own trade mark, and licensing other brands’ software IP, this unique car rental company got moving faster than ever.
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Copyright
Interested in understanding how copyright may apply to your work? Check out some basic information around copyright we have pulled together for you below.
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Designs
Practice guidelines
Filing design convention documents
The Design Regulations 34(2) and 34(3) require an applicant to lodge certified convention documents and verified translations of the foreign language parts of convention documents at IPONZ at the time an application is made or within three months of the application date. IPONZ is not in…
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Designs
Practice guidelines
Filing design convention documents - guidelines superseded 22 July 2024
These guidelines were in place from February 2012 and were superseded 22 July 2024. The Design Regulations 34(2) and 34(3) require an applicant to lodge certified convention documents and verified translations of the foreign language parts of convention documents at IPONZ at the time an…
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Designs
Practice guidelines
Filing design convention documents - guidelines superseded 8 February 2012
The Design Regulations 34(2) and 34(3) require an applicant to lodge certified convention documents and verified translations of the foreign language parts of convention documents at IPONZ at the time an application is made or within three months of the application date. IPONZ is not in…
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Designs
Practice guidelines
Representations for designs - guidelines superseded 19 March 2012
Introduction This note reiterates and clarifies practices regarding the filing of representations for designs to be registered by IPONZ under the Designs Act 1953. The representations of a design serve to identify the design, so that a design applied to an article can be…
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Designs
Practice guidelines
Online filing facility for design applications - guidelines superseded 8 February 2012
A facility for filing design applications online is now available. The online facility has a number of differences from the traditional paper filing method. Online filing permits filing of applications accompanied by representations of the design. Applicants are able to request antedating of an application…
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Processing times for applications and correspondence.
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Plant Variety Rights
Technical guidance
DUS growing trials that are delayed or discontinued
In situations where a growing trial is delayed or discontinued, the PVR Office will follow certain practices depending on the circumstances.
