Organisation: Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

Sailun Group Co Ltd successfully opposed the registration of the trademark SAILWIN, even though all of its evidence was deemed inadmissible. Luckily for Sailun, it had a prior trademark registration to rely upon.

24 June 2022

A trademark applicant has learnt the hard way that it is still possible to lose in opposition proceedings even after the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand has thrown out all of the opponent’s evidence. 

23 September 2021

Scams targeting trademark owners are fast becoming commonplace and increasingly sophisticated. Four leading IP offices share their insights on which scams are most prevalent, what you can do to stay safe, the resources on offer to help and how offices are collaborating across borders to fight fraudsters.

05 August 2021

In a dispute between SC Johnson and Son and International Consolidated Business over the ZIPLOC mark, New Zealand’s highest court has effectively held that ‘zombie’ trademarks do exist in the country.

03 March 2021

The High Court of New Zealand has put an end to the dispute between the International Olympic Committee and Tempting Brands over the trademark PIERRE DE COUBERTIN.

22 November 2019

The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand has dismissed the International Olympic Committee’s opposition to registration of the trademark PIERRE DE COUBERTIN, in stark contrast to the equivalent Australian opposition.

19 August 2019

Multinational food and drink giant Nestlé has successfully opposed the registration in New Zealand for the 3D shape of Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain cereal.

17 July 2019

Energy drink giant Monster Energy has been involved in three trademark oppositions in New Zealand so far this year, and was unsuccessful in all three.

17 September 2018

The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand is a quiet pioneer when it comes to handling trademark data and now it wants the rest of the world to follow suit. In this article, it explains how it can be done.

01 March 2018

Following the results of the latest IP Office Innovation Ranking, technology company LawPanel explains why implementing open application programming interfaces could transform the trademark industry.

01 March 2018