Trade Marks Act 2002

Preliminary

3: Purposes

You could also call this:

"This law explains what trade marks are and what the rules about them are for"

This law is about trade marks. Trade marks are special signs that businesses use to show their products or services are different from others. Here's what the law wants to do:

The law wants to make it clearer what rights you get when you register a trade mark. This means you'll know better what you can and can't do with your trade mark.

It also wants to make it easier and cheaper for you to register a trade mark. This will help businesses save money and time.

The law also cares about Māori culture. It wants to make sure that trade marks don't use Māori signs, pictures, or words in a way that might be disrespectful.

Another thing the law wants to do is to stop people from making fake products with registered trade marks on them. This is called counterfeiting, and it's not allowed.

Lastly, the law wants to keep up with what's happening in other countries when it comes to trade marks. This way, New Zealand's rules about trade marks will be modern and up-to-date.

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Part 1Preliminary

3Purposes

  1. The purposes of this Act are to—

  2. more clearly define the scope of rights protected by registered trade marks; and
    1. simplify procedures for registering a trade mark in order to reduce costs to applicants and to reduce business compliance costs generally; and
      1. address Māori concerns relating to the registration of trade marks that contain a Māori sign, including imagery and text; and
        1. deter counterfeit activity in relation to registered trade marks in New Zealand; and
          1. ensure that New Zealand's trade mark regime takes account of international developments.