Feb 23, 2013Showcasing your innovations at the Field Days – the good, the bad, and the uglyIn all countries, the general rule of thumb is that to obtain valid patent protection for an invention, the invention must be novel (new)...
Feb 21, 2013What Price Paradise? Showing that it is no one hit wonder, the Copyright Tribunal has recently issued its second decision under the Copyright (Infringing File...
Jan 15, 2013Single Patent Examination for Australia and New Zealand on the Horizon Under the umbrella of the Single Economic Market initiative, the New Zealand and Australian governments are working together to remove...
Jan 15, 2013Madrid Protocol is Here!On 10 December 2012, New Zealand began accepting trade mark applications under the Madrid Protocol. What does this mean? For businesses...
Jan 13, 20132012 – The Year that Was in Intellectual Property in New ZealandAfter the excitement of the Rugby World Cup in 2011, and the government introducing legislation trying to stop people using those words,...
