We are pleased to announce that three of our senior trade mark practitioners have been named among the world’s leading trade mark professionals in World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000 (2018).

 Revised Trans-Pacific Partnership to proceed as Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

The High Court of New Zealand has clarified the meaning of the phrase “exceptional circumstances” in the context of the Patents Regulations 2014, which accompany the Patents Act 2013.

Section 11 of the New Zealand Patents Act 2013 prohibits claims directed to a computer program “as such”.

Hot on the heels of the recent purchase of AJ Park by the stock exchange listed company IPH Ltd, the final draft of the proposed Code of Conduct for Trans-Tasman Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys (the Code) has been released.

 The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a revised version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, includes changes agreed to some of the provisions of the IP chapter, including patent term extensions, data protection and copyright term.

An exposure draft of Australia's Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Bill 2017 has just been released which signals the death knell of the innovation patent.

On 11 October 2017, IPH Limited, a listed company on the Australian stock exchange, announced its purchase of New Zealand Intellectual Property firm AJ Park.

 The publication of the recent Value of Design report caused a stir in New Zealand’s design community. The report claims that last year, design contributed $10.1 billion to New Zealand’s GDP.