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Trade Marks Act 2002

Administrative provisions and miscellaneous - Register of trade marks - General

182: Contents of register

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"What information must be kept about trade marks"

The register must have certain information about trade marks. This includes the names and addresses of the people who own the registered trade marks. It also needs to show when the trade mark was registered, when it's considered to have been registered, and when someone applied for it in New Zealand.

If a trade mark has expired but is still registered, the register needs to say this. It also has to include information about when trade marks are given to someone else or passed on to a new owner.

The register needs to include notes about certain things related to trade marks, like when someone says they don't have rights to certain parts of the trade mark. It also needs to show any rules or limits placed on the trade mark.

Finally, the register must include any other information about registered trade marks that the law says it needs to have.

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Part 5Administrative provisions and miscellaneous
Register of trade marks: General

182Contents of register

  1. The register must contain the following:

  2. all registered trade marks with the names and addresses of their owners:
    1. the actual date of registration, the deemed date of registration, and the date of application in New Zealand:
      1. if the trade mark’s status is registered-past expiry date (as defined in section 60), a statement to that effect:
        1. assignments and transmissions:
          1. memoranda referred to in section 78(c):
            1. disclaimers:
              1. conditions:
                1. any other prescribed matters relating to registered trade marks.

                  Notes
                  • Section 182(b): replaced, on , by section 15 of the Trade Marks Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 116).
                  • Section 182(ba): inserted, on , by section 133 of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 62).
                  • Section 182(d): replaced, on , by section 25 of the Trade Marks Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 71).