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Trade Marks Act 2002

Process for obtaining registration of trade mark and other matters - Other matters - Alteration in relation to registered trade mark

78A: Alteration of register concerning certain inconsistent information

You could also call this:

"Fixing mistakes in trade mark information to match business records"

If the information about a person in the trade marks register doesn't match their primary business data in the New Zealand Business Number Register, the Commissioner can change it. They can update the trade marks register to match the information in the New Zealand Business Number Register. This helps keep the information consistent between the two registers.

Primary business data means the same thing as it does in section 20(2) of the New Zealand Business Number Act 2016. If you want to know more about what primary business data includes, you can look at that section of the Act.

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Other matters: Alteration in relation to registered trade mark

78AAlteration of register concerning certain inconsistent information

  1. This section applies if information in the register relating to a person is inconsistent with primary business data of that person in the New Zealand Business Number Register.

  2. If this section applies, the Commissioner may, in the prescribed manner (if any), alter the information in the register so that it is consistent with the primary business data in the New Zealand Business Number Register.

  3. In this section, primary business data has the same meaning as in section 20(2) of the New Zealand Business Number Act 2016.

Notes
  • Section 78A: inserted, on , by section 41 of the New Zealand Business Number Act 2016 (2016 No 16).