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- October 2008
News Alert - US Free Trade Agreement and the Patents Bill
Here's a unique opportunity to influence New Zealand's patent law. The United States recently announced it will enter free trade negotiations involving New Zealand. These negotiations will create a favourable environment for our clients involved in IT and software businesses to make submissions on New Zealand's proposed patents legislation. More...
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- July 2008
Issue 6 - Chip Chat July 2008
The Copyright (New Technologies) Amendments Act 2008 makes more than 90 amendments to the Copyright Act 2004. The new Patents Bill significantly overhauls our existing 1953 legislation but maintains the patentability of ICT related inventions. More...
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- February 2008
Issue 5 - Chip Chat February 2008
The New Zealand Government has released guidelines for treating intellectual property (IP) in its information and communication technology (ICT) contracts. More...
- Newsletter
- May 2007
Issue 4 - Chip Chat May 2007
In our May issue of Chip Chat we fill you in on some new IP legislation, The Copyright (New Technologies & Performers' Rights) Amendment Bill and the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007. We also continue our series on patenting an invention with step 4: is it an invention? More...
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- October 2006
Issue 3 - Chip Chat October 2006
In the October issue of Chip Chat we cover step 3 for patenting your invention: is it yours? There is also an article about domain name "parking" and "tasting" and we take a closer look at patent trolls. More...
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- June 2006
Issue 2 - Chip Chat June 2006
In our second issue of Chip Chat we continue our 8 easy steps to patenting your invention with step 2 - assess the prior art. You can also read about patentability and freedom to operate and the Government's changes to funding through the Enterprise Development Grant. More...
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