Update to Confidential Evidence guidelines
Confidential Evidence – Guidelines Update The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) has updated its practice guidelines relating to confidential evidence filed in trade mark proceedings. While it is possible to request information be kept confidential when filing evidence at IPONZ (by means of a separate declaration marked as “confidential”), it is required per the Trade Mark Regulations 2003 that all evidence in proceedings be served on the opposite party if it is to […]