Reputation can Accrue even though Use Contrary to Law
24th May 2017
In Auckland Agricultural Pastoral and Industrial Shows Board v Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand an Assistant Commissioner held that an opponent can establish awareness of the marks it relies on under s 17(1)(a) of the Act even when use of those marks may have been a technical breach of other legislation...
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Court of Appeal Upholds Finding that Devices are Dissimilar on Balance
19th April 2017
Even re-orienting the alleged infringing mark deemed insufficient to lead to deception or confusion...
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Descriptiveness of Foreign Words Clarified
24th March 2017
Recent Assistant Commissioner’s decision A Menarini Industrie Farmeutiche Riunite SRL clarified the assessment of descriptiveness in relation to foreign words...
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NZ Supreme Court Favours Narrow Rights Resulting from Trade Mark Use
24th February 2017
Supreme Court rules that marks used by Lacoste cannot count as use of contested mark...
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Joint Patent Attorney Registration Regime In Force from 24th February 2017
31st January 2017
Increased regulation of patent attorney conduct soon to commence...
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