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Copyright, patents and trade marks
How to I protect my rights in relation to copyright, patents and trade marks?
The Intellectual Property Office (IPONZ) has user-friendly information about protecting:
- Inventions (patents).
- Brands, identity, logos (trademarks).
- Original works (copyright – includes literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works).
- A design that is applied to an article ('registered design').
- Plant varieties (plant variety rights).
Related information
Read about our work on Intellectual Property Policy.
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