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IPONZ has announced some applicant friendly changes to its practice in respect of Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH) program, which allows accelerated examination of qualifying applications that have already had at least one claim found to be allowable by an IPO of a GPPH member...
Read moreSignificant fee rises will take effect in respect of patents and fee reductions for trade marks from 13th February 2020...
Read moreIn 2019 NZIPOTM 17 Kellogg Company v Société des Produits Nestlé SA the Assistant Commissioner held that Kellog’s application for the shape of a whole piece of its NUTRI-GRAIN cereal shown from various perspectives must not be registered as it lacks distinctiveness...
Read moreFollowing on from last year’s Plant Variety Rights Issues Paper the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has now released an Options Paper, for which submissions will close on Monday, 9 September 2019...
Read moreThe Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has released a Discussion Paper - Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2019...
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