Latest News & Articles
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8 August 2017
As of 7 November 2017, Thailand joins Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Philippines, Singapore and Viet Nam as a member of the Madrid System for the International Registration of trade marks.
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6 July 2017
New Zealand has joined the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH) pilot program. As a result it is now possible to request accelerated examination of a New Zealand patent application based on the allowance of at least one claim of a corresponding application in another GPPH office.
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4 July 2017
A review of the Copyright Act has been commenced by the New Zealand Government. The review has been long-signalled by the Government, and long-awaited in some quarters. It is the first major review of substantive provisions of the Act since the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008.
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13 April 2017
World IP Day celebrates the role that intellectual property rights (patents, trade marks, designs, copyright) play in encouraging innovation and creativity.
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7 April 2017
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29 March 2017
Changes to European patent law to establish a Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) may take effect as early as this year, with a “sunrise period” of three months set to begin in September.
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28 February 2017
A recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia has highlighted the importance of including Swiss claims in Australian patent applications. Although a decision of the Federal Court of Australia, the decision also highlights the importance of Swiss claims in New Zealand and importantly, how these may be deemed infringed.
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27 February 2017
2016 was a year of change in the patent attorney profession in Australia and New Zealand. In this article we examine two significant changes - the establishment of a single Trans-Tasman Patent Register and the public listing of patent attorney firms on the Australian Stock Exchange.
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8 February 2017
A Delegate of IP Australia was recently asked to consider whether a “wine label” invention was patentable, or whether it fell within the excluded category of “printed matter”.
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9 December 2016
We are proud to again be supporting awards at the Victoria University of Wellington School of Design’s 2016 end of year exhibition. Congratulations to the winners!