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Trade marks
Practice guidelines
Overcoming a citation
Guidance on methods of overcoming a citation including methods under section 26 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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Trade marks
Practice guidelines
Disclaimers
Guidelines on sections 69, 70 and 71 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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Patents
Patents Act 1953
Filing a complete specification
Applications with complete specifications A complete specification should describe the invention and the best known method of carrying it out, and ends with one or more "claims" which define the scope of the invention. The front page of any complete specification (or as subsequently amended)…
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Patents
The Patent Examination Manual
Section 8: The meaning of prior art base
(1) For the purpose of deciding whether or not an invention is novel and for the purpose of deciding whether or not an invention involves an inventive step, the prior art base , in relation to an invention so far as claimed in a claim,…
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Patents
Patents Act 1953
Offers of license of right
For Granted Patents Offers of License of Right may be made at any time via our online systems. Offers of License of Right will be published in the next journal and will be subject to a two month opposition period.
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Trade marks
Trade Mark Hearings
Request to amend pleadings or other hearings documents
Parties may request to amend their pleadings or other hearings documents at any time prior to the hearing. However, as a general rule, the earlier a request is received the more likely it is to be granted, as this will minimise any additional costs and delay…
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Patents
Hearings
Opposition to grant of a patent - Patents Act 2013
Any person may oppose the grant of an accepted patent application within three months of its publication in the Journal.
News and updates
Applications are now open for the 2018 DesignEuropa Awards
You may wish to nominate holders of European Union Registered Community Designs for the 2018 DesignEuropa Awards.
News and updates
Patent Technical Focus Group meeting updates
The Patents Technical Focus Group (TFG) provides a forum for communication between client representatives and IPONZ in relation to the provision of technical patent intellectual property services in New Zealand.
News and updates
The Journal - May 2018
The May edition of the Journal is now available.
