Pearce IP’s Head of Litigation (NZ), Paul Johns, and Head of Trade Marks, Kimberley Evans, discuss the third party “revival” of the ANSETT brand in 2025 for travel agency services, more than 20 years after the airline folded.
A new development in New Zealand will provide an option for a faster route to judgment in patent and other intellectual property litigation. From 1 October 2025, a Commercial…
A new development in New Zealand will provide an option for a faster route to judgment in patent and other intellectual property litigation. From 1 October 2025, a Commercial…
In this PiPCast™, Heads of Litigation, Helen Macpherson and Paul Johns compare patent litigation procedures in Australia and New Zealand.
Barilla G. e R. Fratelli- Societa per Azioni (”Barilla Group”), owner of the famous BARILLA brand, unsuccessfully opposed an application to register the words “Barilla Dumpling” as a trade mark in respect of “Asian-style restaurant services” in New Zealand. This case demonstrates the necessity of accurate pleadings in trade mark opposition and revocation proceedings in New Zealand.
How claim types and form will influence enforcement strategies