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Patents Act 1953
1953 Patents Act practice guidelines
Below is a list of archived practice guidelines published by IPONZ under the 1953 Patents Act. These guidelines provide detailed information for patent practices including filing requirements and our examination and processing activities.
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Designs
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Representations for designs
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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Trade Mark Hearings
Cancellation or Alteration
Any aggrieved person may apply to have a trade mark registration cancelled or altered, based on specific grounds provided by law.
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Patents
Hearings
The role of the IPONZ Hearings Office
The IPONZ Hearings Office is a specialist tribunal that is responsible for administering patent proceedings under the Patents Act 1953 and Patents Act 2013 in a fair, efficient and cost effective manner. Such proceedings include: an opposition to a patent, an application…
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Decisions of the Commissioner – February and March 2018
Decisions of the Commissioner issued in February and March 2018 are now available online.
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Decisions of the Commissioner – August 2023
Decisions of the Commissioner issued in August are now available.
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