Latest News & Articles
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22 March 2022
We are receiving an increasing number of emails purporting to be from clients or associates, which when investigated further are illegitimate and likely malicious.
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2 February 2022
The New Zealand Assistant Commissioner of Patents has given short shrift to the bid of Dr Stephen Thaler to have an artificial intelligence (AI) listed as the inventor for patent application number 776029 in Stephen L. Thaler [2022] NZIPOPAT 2.
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1 December 2021
The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia has updated the test for assessing the patentability of computer-implemented inventions, ruling an invention regarding an electronic gaming machine with a particular feature game as not patentable subject matter.
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1 December 2021
The NZ Plant Variety Rights Bill has been referred back to Parliament for its second reading.
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22 October 2021
On 21 October 2021 it was announced that New Zealand and United Kingdom have come to an agreement in principle on the key elements of a free trade deal. We highlight the commitments in relation to intellectual property which are included in the agreement.
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8 October 2021
Copyright in artist’s paintings created during marriage have been found to be relationship property, to be divided equally by value between the parties upon separation.
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22 September 2021
The Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Act 2021 (“the Act”) received Royal Assent on 11 September 2021.
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30 August 2021
The new Fijian Trademarks Act was gazetted on 20 August 2021 and replaces the Trade-Marks Act 1933
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27 August 2021
We are pleased to congratulate Elena Szentiványi on being named president of New Zealand Intellectual Property Attorneys Inc (NZIPA).
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27 August 2021
Henry Hughes Law, a boutique IP law firm associated with Henry Hughes IP, is proud to have been named a finalist in the Intellectual Property Specialist Law Firm of the Year category in the New Zealand Law Awards 2021.