The Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board (the Board) is a statutory body established under section 227A of the Patents Act 1990 and constituted under the Patents Regulations 1991. We are responsible for administering the regulatory and disciplinary regimes for patent and trade marks attorneys in Australia and New Zealand.
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Code of Conduct 2018
The Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board has made the Code of Conduct for Trans-Tasman Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys 2018 (Code of Conduct 2018) and the Guidelines to the Code of Conduct 2018. The Code of Conduct 2018 commenced on 23 February 2018 and replaced the Code of Conduct for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys 2013.
NZ Address for Service Changes
Amendments to the New Zealand Patents Regulations 2014, Trade Mark Regulations 2003, Trade Marks (International Registration) Regulations 2012, and Design Regulations 1954 came into force on 5 April 2018. Among a number of matters, the changes will permit an address for service to be in either New Zealand or Australia.
Code of Conduct 2018 launch webinar
On 13 February 523 attorneys logged in to a webinar hosted by Professor Andrew Christie to launch the Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board’s Code of Conduct 2018.
Resources
Forms
- Application for Registration as a Trade Marks Attorney
- Application for Registration as a Patent Attorney
- Application for Registration as an Incorporated Trade Marks Attorney
- Application for Registration as an Incorporated Patent Attorney
- Reg 20.7 Application for Trade Marks Knowledge Requirements
- Application for Knowledge Requirements for Patent Attorneys
- Application for Registration as a Patent Attorney (transitional)
- Application for Registration as a Trade Marks Attorney (transitional)