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In 2020 NZIPOTM 5 Frucor Suntory New Zealand Limited v Energy Beverages LLC a discrepancy between the IPONZ register representation of Frucor’s colour mark and the accompanying description and the mark as used was held not to justify revoking the mark for non-use.
Read moreWith 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...
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