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Posted on 14/07/2008
A review of the Patents Act 1953 was performed by the Ministry of Economic Development and a draft Bill released in late 2004. Read More
Posted on 01/07/2008 by
The New Zealand government recently passed an Amendment Act to the Copyright Act 1994 which is said to update New Zealand’s copyright law to ensure that New Zealand “keeps up to speed with recent advances in digital technology”. Read More
Posted on 01/06/2008 by
The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) recently completed a review of its practice of raising objections based on morality considerations, and has just released new guidelines that may cause difficulties for some biotechnology patent applications. Read More
Posted on 26/05/2008 by
The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) recently completed a review of its practice of raising objections based on morality considerations, and has just released new guidelines that may cause difficulties for some biotechnology patent applications. Read More
Posted on 21/04/2008 by
On 7 April 2008 New Zealand and China signed a free trade agreement (“the agreement”). Read More
Posted on 27/03/2008
*Warning - Overdue Australian trade mark renewals grace period reduced, effective 28 March* While it is advisable to renew trade mark registrations on time, it has been possible to renew Australian trade mark registrations up to twelve months... Read More
Posted on 22/02/2008
Managing Intellectual Property "World IP Survey 2008" results have been released. Baldwins has again participated in Managing IP's survey of leading firms in 65 jurisdictions. Read More
Posted on 14/02/2008 by
In Intellectual Reserve Inc v Sintes (CIV 2007-404-2610, December 13 2007), the High Court has dismissed an appeal from the decision of the assistant commissioner of trademarks in relation to a stylised version of the words 'family search'. Read More
Posted on 07/02/2008 by
In Great Barrier Airlines Flight Operations Limited v Great Barrier Air Limited (CIV 2007-404-5710, December 13 2007), the High Court has issued an interim injunction preventing the use of the name Great Barrier Air in relation to... Read More
Posted on 04/02/2008 by
In Neumann v Sons of the Desert SL (CIV 2007-485-212, November 5 2007), the High Court has confirmed that where there are co-owners of a trademark, an application to register the mark by only one of the... Read More