Stay up to date with the latest intellectual property developments from New Zealand and around the world.
With effect from 1st June 2020 Customs no longer require up-front security from trade mark and copyright owners when requesting Customs to detain goods suspected of being pirated or counterfeit.
Read moreFollowing the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s (TGA) February 2019 consultation on whether to publish that a prescription medicine is under evaluation they have now released an implementation options paper with the objective of increasing public transparency around whether treatment options are likely to be available...
Read moreIP Offices around the world are responding in various ways to the Coronavirus threat...
Read moreRecent Assistant Commissioner’s decision 2020 NZIPOTM 3 Mia Nathan-Joyce involved the rarely considered but important issue of copyright ownership in device marks...
Read moreIn C-371/18 Sky PLC v SkyKick UK Ltd the Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) gave important guidance on both whether a trade mark can be invalidated for having an inappropriately wide specification and on whether a specification that contains goods or services for which there is no intention to use is invalid for bad faith...
Read more