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Chair
Jennifer Campion, Senior Lecturer, Te Piringa, Faculty of Law, University of Waikato
Prosecuting Trade Mark Applications at the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ): The Dos and Don’ts, and How to Make a Good Impression
- An update on the current examination team at IPONZ and timeframes
- Tips for effectively writing written submissions, from format to content, which will aid in the examiner’s decision-making
- Guidance on resources that are available to aid in the preparation of responses
- Effective ways to get in touch – call, email, respond to task or discussion; make a request; plus, tips for urgent cases
Presented by David Moore, Director, Henry Hughes Intellectual Property Australia & New Zealand and Rebecca James, Manager, Trade Marks and GI, Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ)
Learning Objectives:
- Learn effective strategies for preparing and presenting trade mark applications and submissions at IPONZ
- Understand communication best practices and available resources to navigate IPONZ processes efficiently
Presenters
David Moore, Director, Henry Hughes Intellectual Property Australia & New Zealand
David has been an Intellectual Property practitioner for over 25 years having practised in the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, focusing on non-contentious intellectual property protection and commercialisation. David's expertise includes providing strategic advice on trade mark portfolio management, filing and prosecuting trade mark applications in multiple jurisdictions, advising on the availability and feasibility of new brands, managing trade mark opposition and revocation cases, negotiation and settlement of IP disputes and preparing multijurisdictional coexistence and settlement agreements. David's experiences in Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East have given him an international perspective on intellectual property law. David has been active in the International Trademark Association (INTA) for many years and is currently co-chair of the Asia Pacific Subcommittee of the INTA Bulletins Committee. He’s also on the IPONZ convened Trade Mark Technical Focus Group. David is a co-author of the trade mark section of the LexisNexis Practical Guidance, Intellectual Property module.
Jennifer Campion, Senior Lecturer, Te Piringa, Faculty of Law, University of Waikato
Jennifer's research interests are in property law, especially land law and intellectual property law, and extend to energy, climate and natural resources law. Jennifer is particularly interested in copyright law and is the University of Waikato Copyright Officer and the Waikato member of Universities New Zealand’s Copyright Experts Working Group. In 2023, Jennifer was appointed a member of the New Zealand Copyright Tribunal.
Rebecca James, Manager, Trade Marks and GI, Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ)
Rebecca is the Manager, Trade Marks and GIs at IPONZ, and an Assistant Commissioner for Patents, PVR, Trade Marks and Designs. She studied a Batchelor of Commerce, majoring in Accounting at Victoria University of Wellington, and joined IPONZ in January 2008 as an IP Business Support Officer. She joined the Trade Mark team as an examiner later in November 2008. She has extensive experience in Trade Mark examination, through her 16 year tenure at IPONZ. Rebecca became a Senior Trade Mark Examiner in 2012, and a Team Leader in 2015. Over that time she has represented New Zealand at both the Madrid Working Group and the Nice Committee of Experts. Rebecca has been the Manager since August 2018, and has also completed secondments as National Manager, and Manager Patents within IPONZ, and Director of Business and Consumer in MBIE. Through this work, she has contributed to the wider strategic direction of the IP regulatory system, and led activities relating to both GI and Trade Mark legislative law reform. She has presented at ANZFTA working groups, and INTA seminars.
