New trade mark practice guideline – Government departments as trade mark applicants
Published: 08.09.2009
From time to time IPONZ receives applications for trade mark registration from Government departments. To assist these departments and their agents in the application process, the Practice Guideline on Filing Trade Mark Applications has been amended to include guidance on the appropriate wording for the applicant name for Government departments.
The following will be inserted in the Practice Guideline as clause 4.1.6:
4.1.6 Government departments
An application may be filed in the name of a Government department. When an application is filed in the name of a Government department, the applicant name should be in the following format:
"Her Majesty the Queen in right of New Zealand acting through the Department of …”
OR
"Her Majesty the Queen in right of New Zealand acting through the Commissioner of … or his or her duly authorised delegate"
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