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 Review
The Trans-Tasman IP Attorney Board has progressed Phase 2 of this Review and released a draft Code of Conduct 2018 and draft Guidelines to the Code of Conduct 2018 for public consultation.
Certificates for the trans-Tasman patent attorney regime
Certificates for the trans-Tasman patent attorney regime are to be issued to registered individual patent attorneys and incorporated patent attorneys in October 2017 once the 2017-2018 registration period is completed.
Trans-Tasman attorney regime
A single patent attorney regulatory regime between Australia and New Zealand came into force on 24 February 2017.
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)