The process of registering a trademark starts with making an application to the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ). The application is examined by the Examination team to ensure it meets all legal requirements.
Where the application does not meet the requirements of the Trade Marks Act 2002, the Examination team will issue a Compliance Report which informs you which parts of your application do not comply. You have the opportunity to respond to any of the issues raised in a Compliance Report up to twelve months from the date you make your application.
trademarkzone will manage the entire trade mark application filing process on your behalf. We will:
- Prepare your trade mark application and classify your goods and services
- File your application electronically with IPONZ within 24 hours of receiving your application
- Check and forward a copy of the IPONZ Summary Report
- Where the IPONZ Trade Marks Examiner issues an initial Compliance Report raising objections to the registration of the trade mark, receive and forward a copy and an analysis of the Compliance Report
- Where the application is accepted, receive, check and forward notification of the official acceptance
- Monitor the application through the advertisement and opposition period
- Watch for issuance of the official Certificate of Registration
- Where the trade mark is registered, check and forward the official Certificate of Registration.
Our Price NZ$250 per trade mark
PLUS the IPONZ Fee NZ$100 per class
Where IPONZ has raised an objection to the registration of your trade mark, we can also respond to IPONZ on your behalf. For more information on our fee for this service, please see Response to Compliance Report.
Please note that once we have submitted your application to the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand, no amendments may be made to the application. If you have any questions, or have made an error, please contact us immediately.
We Recommend
We recommends that before you apply for your trade mark, you request a Basic Search or a Full Search. This will give you an indication of whether anyone else has applied for or is using a similar mark to your own in New Zealand or whether there are any reasons that IPONZ may refuse your trade mark.
Where you plan to file for your trade mark overseas either now or at a later date, trademarkzone recommends that you request an International Search.
Apply for this service now! Click on the link below and follow the easy steps.