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Trade Marks Act 2002

Process for obtaining registration of trade mark and other matters - Additional matters that relate to certification trade marks

56: Approved regulations must be deposited at Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

You could also call this:

"Rules for using special trademarks must be kept at the NZ trademark office for people to see"

When the Commissioner approves the rules for using a registered certification trade mark, you need to put these approved rules at the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand. This is so people can look at them if they want to. You can find the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand in Wellington. The rules will be kept there for anyone who wants to see them.

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Part 3Process for obtaining registration of trade mark and other matters
Additional matters that relate to certification trade marks

56Approved regulations must be deposited at Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

  1. After the Commissioner has approved the draft regulations, the approved regulations that govern the use of the registered certification trade mark must be deposited at the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand for inspection.

Notes
  • Section 56: replaced, on , by section 249 of the Patents Act 2013 (2013 No 68).