Brookers Trade Marks Precedents is a comprehensive guide to all the procedures and actions necessary to ensure that your client’s trade marks are registered, maintained and protected.

A trade mark is any sign which is capable of being represented graphically and which is capable of distinguishing the goods and services of one person from those of another. Any lawyer with clients engaged in providing business services needs an understanding of the law relating to trade marks.

Expert commentary is logically organised to cover all aspects of trade mark practice in New Zealand. The most important procedures are graphically illustrated by flowcharts, and all the statutory forms are supplemented with over 50 authored precedents and sample letters.

The narrative in Brookers Trade Marks Precedents contains extensive links to legislation and the necessary forms and precedents, enabling an organised and logical approach to advising your client and registering and protecting trade marks. This service also provides information and guidance on opposition measures and infringement procedures.

• Introduction
• What a trade mark is
• Trade mark ownership
• Selecting a new trade mark
• Searching a new trade mark
• Agents
• Filing an application for registration
• Convention applications
• Examination of applications by the Patent Office
• Acceptance of application
• Opposition
• Registration and Register of Trade Marks
• Renewal of a trade mark
• Revocation and Invalidity
• Changing a trade mark registration (excluding actions for invalidity or revocation)
• Assignment and transmission
• Licensing a trade mark
• Infringement
• Certification trade marks
• Enforcement Officers
• Border protection measures
• Madrid Protocol
• Miscellaneous
• Prescribed forms
• Major Events Management Act 2007