AJ Park | New Zealand | 31 Jan 2023
The Therapeutic Products Bill has been in the works for many years and was introduced into Parliament on 30 November 2022. This Bill will replace the…
AJ Park | New Zealand | 24 Jan 2023
Most of the substantive provisions of the new Plant Variety Rights Act 2022 are effective from 24 January 2023 and the new Plant Variety Rights…
AJ Park | New Zealand | 10 Jan 2023
In New Zealand, it is a legal requirement that the applicant of a trade mark has an ‘intent to use’ the trade mark. Sometimes, an application will be…
AJ Park | New Zealand | 13 Dec 2022
The long-debated Plant Variety Rights (PVR) Bill received Royal Assent on 18 November 2022, becoming the Plant Variety Rights Act 2022. The new Act…
AJ Park | New Zealand | 1 Dec 2022
We are all aware of the value of what might be called ‘digital assets’ which have arisen from the computer and internet ages. However, many people…
AJ Park | European Union, New Zealand | 22 Nov 2022
There are important changes being made to the European patent system and they will impact all European patent holders. In this article, we cover the…
AJ Park | Australia | 17 Nov 2022
Australian trade mark legislation does not currently recognise indigenous rights. As stated by the Indigenous Expert Reference Group - The current…
AJ Park | European Union | 14 Nov 2022
Europe’s new patent system, the Unified Patent Court (UPC), looks set to launch on 1 April 2023 with the so-called “Sunrise period” starting on 1…
AJ Park | Australia, European Union, New Zealand | 8 Nov 2022
As the virtual world continues to expand in size and popularity, more businesses are paying attention to this emerging sector. With the global…
AJ Park | New Zealand | 3 Nov 2022
In trade mark matters before the Intellectual Property Office (IPONZ), bad faith is still a relatively ambiguous, “not possible to define”[1] term…