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The Montana World of WearableArt™ Awards: Delivering Value

Baldwins shortlisted for two awards in 2011 Asia IP Awards

New patents bill introduced

Restoration of lapsed design registrations

Managing your IP in a digital world

Clarity on methods of diagnosis

New Patents Bill introduced

Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act

Controversy over new guidelines on the morality of biotech patents

New Zealand and China Free Trade Agreement

Australian trade marks

Appellant Wins Battle Only to Lose the War

Genealogy services not similar to services to trace living relatives

Great Barrier Air banned from using its name

Application to register mark by co-owner deemed to be in bad faith

Supreme Court hears first trade mark case

Baldwins ranked top tier NZ patent firm

Tax Incentives for Innovation in New Zealand

Guest Post Tim Stirrup on the Narrow Entrance Ramp to Brazil’s Green Patent Fast Track

Not so Happy Valley

Convention Priority or Registrability First?

Yellow Pages, Books and Ducks.

Australian Patent Act 1990 - Amendment

Guide to Intellectual Property for Maori Organisations and Communities

Build-a-Bear Workshop – Premature Rejection

Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health

Extending the scope of privilege with the New Zealand Evidence Act 2007

The Sun Rises on .asia

TICK TOCK for Tea Too Similar to TIC TAC for Confectionery

Hearings Officer’s Views to be Given Weight by Appellate Courts

Is it “Use” of a Trade Mark if it is Not Used on the Goods?

Chinese domain names and internet keywords

Businesses need to get ready for the Anti-Spam Act

InternetNZ releases draft anti-SPAM code of practice for ISPs

The New Zealand Major Events Management Bill

Australian domain name policy under review

New Dosage Regimes for Pharmaceuticals now Patentable in New Zealand

A Dispute Resolution Policy for .nz Domain Names

The Sixth P - Protection

New Zealand: Meeting the digital copyright challenge

New Zealand revamps IP regime

New Zealand tackles ambush marketing

Figurative mark trampled by Red Bull

Finding the balance

Maintaining market share after your patent expires

Rotary case sheds light on similarity

Nice Agreement and Madrid Protocol

Can You Patent An Old Dog Doing New Tricks?

Off the starting block

Intellectual Property in New Zealand and Australia

MAX mark screened from IMAX opposition

Plant Variety Rights

The Death Knell

Baldwins 2006 Law and Information Technology Award

Design law change cuts costs for exporters with designs on Europe

Fresh exemption for patent infringement in New Zealand

Brandsquatting in an expanded Europe

Comparative advertising

One click lands book vendor in cart

Trade mark law gets historical overhaul

New Zealand exporters at serious risk from counterfeit havens

Submarine Patents

Now They Can Jail You For Stealing A Trade Secret - Whatever That Might Be

New World Order: Changes In Technology Patent Trends

Crack Down On Parallel Imports

PUREBABY decision: the end of the essential feature test

Baldwins clients among fastest growing Kiwi companies

Do we have the technology to succeed?

Major Events Management Act 2007

Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - ACTA

Australia - New Zealand: copyright/design overlap

Managing the risk in China

Morality and patentability – stem cell patents in New Zealand

Design applications with single views allowed

New patent legislation at last for New Zealand

Off the starting block - New Zealand's Supreme Court first patent case

New Zealand makes sweeping changes to patent law

The copyright commissioning conundrum

Change in President to bring change in attitude to Intellectual Property?

Patent filing system changed

Harmonisation and net technology importers

Symansis NZ Limited - Emerging Biotech Company of the Year

New Zealand: Legislative changes and recent decisions

FACEBOOK - Alert for Trade Mark Owners

Copyright Amendment Act - Controversial Internet Provisions

Swiss-type claims explained

Government to overhaul IP legislation

Copyright Act 1994 - revised proposal for section 92A

Trade Mark bill disappoints

Congratulations to Resene Paints Ltd.

Ambush marketing law passes first test

Encouraging News for US Patent Applicants

Australian Patent Term Extensions - Pharmaceutical Substance Combinations

Software Debate Continues

Australia - Fast Tracking Patents for Green Technology Solutions

Plant material of protected varieties to be made available upon request

The Montana World of Wearable Arts Awards - Innovation at its heart

Review of New Zealand Liquor Laws

Faster and cheaper intellectual property litigation

SPAMALITTLELESS*

Court awards impractical injunction

The end of the essential feature test?

McDonald’s fails to prevent registration of an arch logo

Is it the distinctiveness of the essential feature that really matters?

New Zealand signs 12-country free trade agreement

Court interprets non-use provisions

TICK TOCK not similar to TIC TAC says appeal court

Foster’s Fails to Prevent Registration of FIJI BEER Trade Marks

Mc’Donald’s fails to prevent registration of “arch” trade mark

Brand Protection in China

India: Review of Policy on Foreign Technology Collaborations

Natural product producer gets serious

Kiwi in $15M CAN-SPAM Act Judgement

Baldwins and the patent attorney profession

Baldwins Law and IT Prize

Three Notice Regime For P2P - Section 92A Copyright Act

Patent Box - patent income to be taxed at only 10 percent in the UK

PCT Billing Scam Ends

Encouraging signs for improved enforceability of intellectual property in China

US Patent update – Changes to system to make obtaining patents faster, more certain

Pharmaceutical battle in New Zealand

Software patents questioned

AstraZeneca wins against Pharmac

Baldwins Chemistry Prize 2009

Commercialisation Australia to include IP Costs

Copyright Amendment Bill - the new Section 92A

The Montana World of WearableArt Awards

Case commentary: Muir Electrical v Good Guys

Case commentary: Lucas v Peterson

Federal Court of Australia - recent decision

Major Events Management Act 2007 - part 1

Pharma & Biotech: EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal Decision G2/08

Medical Technology: EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal Decision G1/07

Court of Appeal overturns ban on GE applications

Deadlines in proceedings before the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

Select Committee reports on new Patents Bill in New Zealand

Online keywords and trade mark infringement - developments in Australia and Europe

Controversy over gene patents

Personal Liability of Directors for Patent Infringement

Company names and their limits

.nz domain names with macron to be publicly available

Facebook update

Designs Act amended: restorations now possible

Beyond advertising - keeping your sales promotion within the law

First Charges Laid Under the Major Events Management Act 2007

Celebrating World Intellectual Property Day: Monday 26 April

New 2LDs for Australia

Budget 2010 - Support for Investment in Business R&D

Stopped at the door

Case Commentary: Health World vs Shin-Sun Australia

Comvita: An international success story

Case Commentary: Wyeth vs Ancare and ERMA

Personal Property Securities

Beware the “Patent Marking Troll”

Registered Designs in New Zealand: Changes allowing restoration and publication

"HEARING CARE" succeeds

Software to be excluded from Patentability in New Zealand

New Zealand's Major Events Management Act

Patents back in business, at least in the US

Patenting software in New Zealand – in or out

EU dispute with India and Brazil ups stakes in generics saga

Government maintains its hard line on software patents

Disputing Ownership of Copyright

FIFA 2010 – What Can We Learn From an Ambush Marketing Perspective

Launch of .co Extension

Generics and Pharmac - again

Toasting the success of Cognition Education

ONLINE TRADE MARK DISPUTES: Challenges of an Evolving Front

Is the Rugby World Cup 2011 (Empowering) Bill Too Empowering For Some?

Short Domain Names to be released in December

Australian Patents Act - proposed amendments to prevent gene patenting

Internet suspension for file sharing infringers

First In - First Served: Advantages of filing your provisional patent application in the US

Chinese Top Level Domain Name in Hong Kong Available for Register

New Zealand - "MY" trademark applications allowed in surprising decision

A single patent examination for New Zealand and Australia

Limited Time for Adding a Class or Classes to Trade Mark Applications in New Zealand

Christchurch Earthquake

New Zealand Draft Computer Program Examination Guidelines Unclear

Australian and New Zealand copyright law for databases, compilations, and directories

Three more reasons to rely on us - New Partner Announcement

Promotion Announcement

IMPORTANT CHANGES TO NEW ZEALAND’S DESIGN LAW

LanzaTech strikes a double in NZBIO awards

New Zealand File Sharing Legislation Passed

Rugby World Cup Clean Zones - News flash - Clean Zones , Clean Transport Routes and Clean Periods announced.

Legal Protection for Traditional Knowledge

Facton Ltd v Rifai Fashions Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 290 (30 March 2011)

Oyster bay keeps out Oystercatcher

Streamlining IP Protection in Australia and New Zealand

New Global Level Domain Names Approved By ICANN

WAI 262 Intellectual Property Recommendations

Penny Catley discusses the Georgie Pie Trade Mark with The New Zealand Herald

Re-Compute - Patentability of Software in New Zealand Clarified, Again

Vanuatu: New Trade Mark Law

.XXX Domains

Updated RWC 2011 Major Events Management Act 2007 Guide Now Available

Brand advertising: an overview and update on recent changes

Big Business Bill creates trade mark rush

IP Australia introduces TM CHECK

Big Blak Saks obtains injunction against competitor in passing off action

Update: IPONZ online filing closed until 12am NZDT, 29 September 2011

Update: IPONZ online filing facility now functioning

New Zealand Government increases anti-counterfeiting powers

NZ Law Awards names Baldwins as a finalist in this year's awards

Baldwins shortlisted for two awards in 2011 Asia IP Awards

Ambush marketing kicks-off in New Zealand

Brussels Court of Appeal orders release of .eu domain names registered by cybersquatter

Update on the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011

New Bill for Natural Health Products in New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand to form Joint Body for Regulating Therapeutic Goods

Baldwins takes top spot at 2011 Asia IP Awards

What New Zealand businesses need to know about our new copyright legislation

New Order Declares Two Upcoming Triathlon Events Major Events

Ability to record licences in New Zealand removed

It isn’t all over: the full impact of the recent FA Premier League case is not yet clear...

TPP and the exclusion of computer programs from patentability

General availability of .xxx sponsored top level domains

WIPO presents new licence option

New Zealand's Patent Office closed on 10 February 2012

DC Comics fails to prevent registration of superhero character

What's all the fuss over NUCKIN FUTS?

Megaupload shut down by US authorities

Australian Personal Property Securities Register

The not-so-sweet dispute over Brown Sugar

The beginning of .xxx domain name disputes

New powers for NZ Customs in war on counterfeit products

The Pirate Bay takes to the high seas

Has Australia illegally stripped the tobacco industry of IP rights with plain cigarette packaging?

Update on ACTA

Cancer Voices Australia v Myriad Genetics Inc in the Federal Court of Australia

Volvo Ocean Race Auckland Stopover Declared Major Event

iPad woes in China – Apple claims 'I Paid!'

Women wanted for innovation

Nek minnit: a lesson in protecting your assets!

Kim Dotcom: sinner or saint?

Hobbit highlights character merchandising pitfalls

"Raising the Bar” – Australia’s new intellectual property legislation at a glance

Conflicts of Interest at IP Firms Clarified

The continued war on Copyright (Infringing File Sharing)

12 April 2012 Deadline for New Generic Top-Level Domain Applications

Baldwins welcomes new chief executive

It’s Linsane: my catch-phrase one minute, nek minnit… someone else’s?

Global health initiative aims to use IP to combat neglected diseases

Alleged pirates to walk the plank

Domain Name Jurisdiction Challenged

New Zealand to introduce plain cigarette packaging despite problems in Australia

From “cool to criminal”: a warning for internet service providers

Innovation to Industry Japan Initiative

New Zealand High Court says ‘No’ to Milking the Discovery Process

Intangible Cultural Heritage in New Zealand/Aotearoa: A National Perspective

Australia Moves to “Raise the Bar” on Patentability

New Zealand domain names: second level domains proposed

Le Cordon Bleu Succeeds on Appeal

Who's in at the Top Level Domain

Ka Mate haka denied trade mark protection

ENSID Technologies Ltd takes out Best Use of Commercialisation of Innovation Award

Copyright Infringement: A Worldwide Update

Music and Copyright Law

Pinterest – Beware what you pin and who’s pinning you!

How to protect your IP at the upcoming trade fairs in Hong Kong

Baldwins clients among marketing awards finalists

Energy awards finalists include Baldwins clients

USPTO issues guidance on eligibility of subject matter involving ‘laws of nature’

Australia – Patenting genetic materials

Madrid Protocol - International Trade Mark Registrations Possible from Dec 2012

Flexible roll over protection? Award winning!

The Australian Innovation Challenge Awards 2012 - $70,000 in cash prizes

TLD Transformation Underway

Does a brand new look mean a brand new brand?

Olympic sponsors’ rights and ambush marketers’ attempts to hijack the London Games

New Requirements for New Zealand Companies

Australian cigarette plain pack ruling – what does it mean for New Zealand

Patent law reform back on the government agenda

Patents Bill - Changes to Computer Program Exclusion Proposed

The Red Tape Surrounding Colour Trade Marks

Law Commission releases Ministerial Briefing Paper and draft Bill on cyber-bullying

InternetNZ approves .kiwi second level domain

TA MOKO

What do the changes to Convention Countries in New Zealand and Australia mean for you?

Misleading and deceptive conduct – the ongoing “AdWords” saga

Will New Zealand pirates really walk the plank?

I can’t believe it’s not Marmite!

From the lab bench to the boardroom

NZ Law Awards names Baldwins as a finalist in this year's awards

Proposal for Alternative Wording for the Qualification around the Exclusion of Computer-Related Inventions from Patentability

Patents Bill Passes Second Reading in Parliament

Samoa: New Trade Mark Laws

IPONZ prepares to increase fees, mandate electronic communication, and accede to three international trade mark treaties

A shady victory

‘Tis Life for the haka Ka Mate

Croatia to be the 28th country to join the EU

Changes to European Patent System

Help – someone has registered my trade mark!

New Privacy Law Created in New Zealand

Baldwins named as finalist in this year's NZ Law Awards

Baldwins acts for account holder in one of the first infringing file sharing cases

Baldwins takes top spot at 2012 Asia IP Awards

Lego, popsicle sticks and brains wins Watson top award

Trust and respect wins at NZ Law Awards for Baldwins

Surfing the Social Media Wave

Return to the House for Natural Health Products Bill

Appearances can be Deceptive – An Update on the Scope of Registered Designs

I got 99 problems and the Patent and Trademark Office is one: Branding your baby

Legal reasons for (and against) enforcing plain packaging on cigarettes

Congratulations to "flying Kiwi" Sir Ken

The International Trade Mark System – What is in it for New Zealand Businesses?

Are search engines liable for the content of search results?

Opportunity in Myanmar

Businesses to benefit from international trade mark registration

Don't fear intellectual property changes under TPP – lawyer

Second infringing file sharing case dropped by RIANZ

Results of Government Review of Data Protection Laws

What does not kill me, makes me stronger: Nietzsche, Kanye and copyright

Carols by Copyright

With a Mc/Mac Whisky Spat, Give the Mill a clone?

Callaghan Innovation: A new Advanced Technology Institute for New Zealand – Out of the lab and into the marketplace

The Patent Box – Tax reductions for patent-protected products in the UK

India’s IP Appellate Board endorses compulsory license of patented cancer drug to generic manufacturer

Isolated DNA patent-eligible, comparison methods maybe not: Myriad unchanged by Mayo (so far)

First alleged pirate walks the plank – lands in shallow water

Kryptonite for creators: How to protect your intellectual property

Mega-misinformation: The difference between cloud computing and file sharing

A Picture is Worth a Thousand …. Dollars???

New Food Standard to Affect Nutrition and Health claims – Is Your Business Ready for the Change?

United States switches from first-to-invent to first-inventor-to-file system in 2013

Changes to The European Patent System

USPTO Publishes Final Guidelines for New America Invents Act

Paper: Triflate anion and ligand influences in silver(I) coordination polymers of four isomeric dipyridyl ketone oximes

Business Method Patent Rejected by Australian Federal Court

Maori Trade Marks Advisory Committee

Fragrant Rice Wins GI Status in EU

Making a Spectacle of Yourself

Registered Designs – A Hidden Danger

Exporters to Australia Beware: Mind your Rs and TMs

Trademark Clearinghouse opening soon

Google Entrenches its Policy to Facilitate Deceptive and Misleading Behaviour Online

Baldwins presents at NZBIO 2013 Conference

A Physical Jolt – When Franchise Agreements Falter

Many happy returns: The NZ Tax Refunds case

Hot Demand for Intellectual Property Rights

Patents and health care in developing countries: ViiV Healthcare joins the Medicine Patent Pool

An intro to your IP rights in China!

ISP liability for copyright infringement: Are dodgy subscribers worth the risk?

Innovation, piracy and change in digital media

You’re such a happy chappy, just like a budgie in a nappy!

We can patent jeans – so what about genes?

IP issues for the next generation

Inventions that are just...well...cool

A double bogey for descriptive domain names

Endless pursuit for the smartest smartphone

MAGS Robotics make it to Kiwi challenge regional championships

Georgie Pie: a brand that forever lives on in the hearts of its fans, and on the trade marks register

A response that is unlikely to be accepted

Another 16 good reasons to talk to us

Software and the New Zealand Patents Bill