News articles tagged 'Designs'

Registered Designs in New Zealand: Changes allowing restoration and publication

New Zealand has amended the Designs Act 1953 (the Designs Act) to allow: restoration of lapsed registered designs;restoration of lapsed registered design applications; andpublication of registered design application details. Read More

Designs Act amended: restorations now possible

The Designs Act 1953 (the Designs Act) has been amended by the Design Amendment Act 2010 (the Amendment Act). Read More

New Zealand: Legislative changes and recent decisions

In 1970, Justice Windeyer of the High Court of Australia referred to the typically tardy response of the law to new technology when he said: "Law [is] marching with medicine, but in the rear and limping a... Read More

Design applications with single views allowed

A recently published assistant commissioner’s decision has confirmed that a registered design in New Zealand may include only a single view, or minimal views, of the article to which the design is to be applied. Read More

Managing the risk in China

Rosemary Wallis, Partner, Baldwins Intellectual Property and Director of Baldwins Law Ltd presented at an Auckland District Law Society seminar. Read More

Australia - New Zealand: copyright/design overlap

Historically, Australia and New Zealand have taken a similar approach to intellectual property rights and their protection. Read More

Restoration of lapsed design registrations

The government has recently introduced the Regulatory Improvement Bill into Parliament. This Bill contains a number of miscellaneous provisions. Read More

Design law change cuts costs for exporters with designs on Europe

Jim Ribeiro and Oliver Dickie Important changes to design law in Europe means exporters of innovative products have greater access to a powerful weapon in the intellectual property arsenal. Read More