New Zealand Trademark Office

This includes trade marks patents designs plant variety rights and geographical indications.
New zealand trademark office. The benefits of registering a trade mark include. For instance if you wanted to search for a silver fern design you may search under new zealand descriptor 53 2 2 but also under 5 3 7 ferns 5 3 13 stylised leaves and 5 3 14 stylised leaf. A good way to distinguish your business from others.
We also provide general information about non registered ip including copyright. It is comprised of general information in pdf format and an online section containing applications and registrations. Free trademark search tool in new zealand.
Use of the symbol with the trade mark. The journal of the intellectual property office of new zealand is published on a monthly basis. When you apply for a trade mark with us the new zealand intellectual property office that application is only for a right in new zealand.
If you decide at any point after making your application that you need to protect your trade mark in other countries you can use an international trade mark filing system called the madrid protocol. New zealand s vienna descriptors may be used in conjunction with other descriptors that are not specific to new zealand. Exclusive right to use the trade mark throughout new zealand to promote the goods and or services it covers.