Baldwins

Kate Duckworth

Phone: + 64 4 910 6504

Email: kate.duckworth@baldwins.com

Fax:+ 64 4 473 6712

Position: Baldwins Law Limited - Senior Associate

Office: Wellington

Qualifications: LLB LLM (Hons)

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Kate is a registered patent attorney and barrister and solicitor.  Kate specialises in intellectual property litigation and advises on trade marks, passing off, Fair Trading Act, border protection, domain name, patent, design and copyright disputes.  Kate also provides advice on the commercial aspects of intellectual property.
Kate frequently represents clients before the Commissioner at hearings held in the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand and in the High Court.  She has been involved in cases in both the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

Expertise 

Enforcement of intellectual property rights and dispute resolution.

Affiliations

NZIPA (New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys) - Fellow
IPSANZ (Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand)

Qualifications

2002  Master of Laws (Hons) - Victoria University of Wellington
1999  Bachelor of Laws - Victoria University of Wellington

Articles by Kate Duckworth

• 10/10/2008 - PUREBABY decision: the end of the essential feature test
• 01/07/2008 - Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act
• 21/04/2008 - New Zealand and China Free Trade Agreement
• 14/02/2008 - Genealogy services not similar to services to trace living relatives
• 07/02/2008 - Great Barrier Air banned from using its name
• 04/02/2008 - Application to register mark by co-owner deemed to be in bad faith
• 01/02/2008 - Supreme Court hears first trade mark case
• 24/12/2007 - Not so Happy Valley
• 21/12/2007 - Convention Priority or Registrability First?
• 17/12/2007 - Yellow Pages, Books and Ducks.
• 03/12/2007 - Guide to Intellectual Property for Maori Organisations and Communities
• 30/11/2007 - Build-a-Bear Workshop – Premature Rejection
• 30/08/2007 - Is it “Use” of a Trade Mark if it is Not Used on the Goods?
• 30/08/2007 - TICK TOCK for Tea Too Similar to TIC TAC for Confectionery
• 30/08/2007 - Hearings Officer’s Views to be Given Weight by Appellate Courts
• 02/02/2007 - New Zealand revamps IP regime
• 22/11/2006 - Figurative mark trampled by Red Bull
• 16/05/2006 - MAX mark screened from IMAX opposition
• 22/03/2006 - Plant Variety Rights
• 01/03/2006 - Appellant Wins Battle Only to Lose the War
• 01/07/2003 - Comparative advertising