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Intellectual Property Policy

IP Information Sheets

Useful Intellectual Property-Related Websites

[ Page Last Reviewed On 25 October 2005 ]

Registration of Intellectual Property Rights in New Zealand
New Zealand Legislation
Inter-Governmental Organisations
Intellectual Property Offices Overseas
New Zealand Intellectual Property Organisations
Other Intellectual Property-Related Sites

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Registration of Intellectual Property Rights in New Zealand

Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ)

Plant Variety Rights Office of New Zealand

New Zealand Legislation

Online copies of New Zealand intellectual property legislation can be found on the Interim Website of New Zealand Legislation. The individual Act can be found by following the alphabetical index on the left hand frame (Acts not yet in force can be found under "Acts Not Yet or Partially in Force" after the alphabetical sequence).

Designs Act 1953

Geographical Indications Act 1994 (not in force)

Layout Designs Act 1994

Patents Act 1953

Plant Variety Rights Act 1987

Trade Marks Act 1953

Trade Marks Act 2002

Other Acts relevant to intellectual property, such as the Fair Trading Act 1986, can also be found at this site.

Inter-Governmental Organisations

APEC Intellectual Property Experts Group [external link] (IPEG)

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation [external link] (APEC)

Convention on Biological Diversity [external link] (CBD)

International Organisation of Vine and Wine [external link] (OIV)

International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants [external link] (UPOV)

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development [external link] (OECD)

United Nations (UN)

World Intellectual Property Organisation [external link] (WIPO)

World Trade Organisation [external link] (WTO)

Intellectual Property Offices Overseas

Canadian Intellectual Property Office [external link]

Department of Intellectual Property of Thailand [external link]

Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights - Indonesia [external link]

European Patent Office [external link]

Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong [external link]

Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea [external link]

Intellectual Property Office of Singapore [external link]

IP Australia [external link]

Japanese Patent Office [external link]

Korean Intellectual Property Office [external link]

National Institute for the Defence of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property - Peru [external link]

Russian Agency for Patent and Trademarks [external link]

The European Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market [external link] (OHIM)

United Kingdom Patent Office [external link]

United States Patent and Trademark Office [external link]

New Zealand Intellectual Property Organisations

Printed Works

Book Publishers Association of New Zealand Inc [external link] (BPANZ)
Represents book publishers and distributors in New Zealand

Copyright Licensing Limited [external link] (CLL)
Represents book publishers and authors from New Zealand and overseas providing licences for copying from printed copyright works

New Zealand Society of Authors [external link] (NZSA)
Represents New Zealand writers and illustrators in New Zealand and internationally

New Zealand Writers Guild [external link]
Represents scriptwriters working for radio, television, film and theatre in New Zealand

Musical Works

Australiasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society Ltd [external link] (AMCOS)
An association of music publishers that administers the reproduction rights of copyright music

Australasian Performing Right Association [external link] (APRA)
An association of composers, lyricists and their publishers that administer the public performance and broadcast rights of copyright music

Phonographic Performance New Zealand Ltd [external link] (PPNZ)
Represents the majority of major international and New Zealand based recording companies and their recording artists

Recording Industry Association of New Zealand [external link] (RIANZ)
Represents major and independent record producers, distributors and recording artists throughout New Zealand

Photographic Works

Advertising and Illustrative Photographers Association [external link] (AIPA)
Represents professional photographers working in advertising, editorial and illustrative areas

New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography [external link] (NZIPP)
Represents professional photographers and allied industries operating in a wide range of photographic and related disciplines

Information Technology

Information Technology Association of New Zealand [external link] (ITANZ)
Represents suppliers of hardware, software and services in the computing and telecommunications industries

Film and Video Works

Telephone:	09-376 4480
Fax:	09-360 1135

New Zealand Film Commission [external link]
Represents film investors through sale and marketing of New Zealand films.

Telephone:	09-379 2421
Fax:	09-373 2912

Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand [external link]
Represents the interests of film and television directors.

Screen Producers and Directors Association [external link] (SPADA)
Represents New Zealand film and television producers and directors

Screenrights - The Audio-Visual Copyright Society [external link]
Represents the interests of film and television directors

Telephone:	09-376 4480
Fax:	09-360 1135

Other Intellectual Property-Related Sites

Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand [external link] (IPSANZ)

New Zealand Law Society [external link]

New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys [external link]

IP Menu [external link]

TRIPS Agreement [external link]