Region: New Zealand

In our latest round-up, we look at the Delhi High Court restraining a manufacturer for infringing a trademark owned by Cadbury, and much more.

05 August 2022

In our latest round-up, we look at French police busting a Bordeaux wine counterfeiting operation, Mickey Mouse reaching its copyright expiry, and much more.

05 July 2022

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

This week, IAM published its latest list of Asia’s IP Elite. One of the companies featured is Fonterra, a New Zealand dairy co-operative that draws on a blend of IP rights to drive a commercial approach to IP.

02 June 2022

In our latest round-up, we look at WIPO launching a new global awards programme, Cincinnati Customs and Border Protection officers seizing fake jewellery and scarves, and much more.

17 December 2021

Many New Zealand trademark actions are lost due to poor or inadmissible evidence, as demonstrated again in these recent invalidity proceedings.

07 October 2021

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

This New Zealand case is a prime example of one in which a different outcome would almost certainly have been reached if the invalidity applicant had filed appropriate and admissible evidence.

24 August 2021

The decision serves as a warning to owners of pharmaceutical and medical brands that, in New Zealand, no trademark opposition should be dismissed.

13 August 2021

In these opposition proceedings against a composite trademark covering a broad range of goods in Class 30, the applicant’s statutory rights were restricted significantly - not by the opponent’s prior rights or reputation, but by savvy legal arguments.

06 August 2021