Our office location and courier address is now: Level 7, 158 Victoria Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011.

Our other contact details remain the same.

The United Kingdom and European Union have ratified the Withdrawal Agreement and the UK formally leaves the EU on 31 January 2020. The departure of the UK from the EU will have an impact on some of your registered IP rights in the EU.

As of 2 January 2020, Samoa is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the Hague System for protection of industrial designs, and the Lisbon System for protection of geographical indications.

We are proud to announce that associates Penny Walsh and Jesse Strafford have qualified as patent attorneys in Australia and New Zealand and are Fellows of the New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys.

The less popular sibling to registered trade marks and patents had its 'day at the spa' recently as an application for cancellation of a registered design was heard and published. We take a quick look at what happened and what can be taken away.

IP Australia is in the process of reviewing protection for designs. The review and reforms are taking place in two stages, and IP Australia is currently consulting on both stages.

A number of amendments to the Trade Marks Act 2002 will take effect from 13 January 2020.

The policy objective of making the amendments is to improve regulatory systems by ensuring that they are effective, efficient, and accord with best regulatory practice.

Those with inventions in information and communications technology (ICT) were hoping that the Australian Full Federal Court would provide some much-needed guidance for how to assess whether computer-related inventions are patentable in Australia.