Bid for ‘Champagne’ type trade mark protection for ‘basmati’ hits first bump
The Trade Marks Office rejected the application for BASMATI for rice. but has approved an application for a logo that incorporates the term.
Ten Years of Raising the Bar – To be or not to be: an intermediate generalisation
Most patent claims are generalisations as it is unlikely that every way of carrying out the invention has been developed at the time of filing.
Ten years of Raising the Bar – Support and Disclosure
Some of the most significant changes to the requirements for a valid patent brought about by the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 have been in the area of support and disclosure.
Patents, whale flippers and “expensive bicycle wheels”
A Miami Jury has found that a carbon fibre bicycle wheel produced by PCW did not infringe two of SRAM’s US Patents.
The ‘new’ New Zealand Patents Act in action
It has been several years since the ‘new’ New Zealand Patents Act came into force. We are beginning to see how the practicalities are playing out.