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The High Court of New Zealand has promptly rejected an appeal from a decision of the Assistant Trade Marks Commissioner to remove the trade mark Ocean Queen on the grounds that the mark had not been used
On July 5, 2011 the Australian Government and the New Zealand Government jointly announced an implementation plan to streamline patent prosecution in Australia and New Zealand
The New Zealand parliament has amended the Copyright Act 1994 (NZ) to introduce a 'three strikes' policy towards infringing file sharing that will see repeat infringers fined NZ$15,000 or disconnected from the internet for up to six months
Following their meeting in New Zealand the Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard and the Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key announced on 16 February 2011 that a single patent examination process will be initiated for Australian and New Zealand patent applications
The Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council has been charged with the task of undertaking a comprehensive review of food labelling law and policy in Australia and New Zealand
Many Australian IP lawyers and trade mark attorneys also practice directly in New Zealand especially in relation to filing and prosecuting trade mark applications there
