Nick Holmes

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• Do not delay challenging domain name registrations
• Invalidation case shows ‘bad faith’ is alive and well in New Zealand
• Opposition against registration of MÁNUKA HONEY succeeds
• Influencers not so influential in trademark opposition
• Brand owners are reminded to get it right the first time in revocation actions
• Trademark case demonstrates difference in evidence admissibility between Australia and New Zealand
• Can anyone ‘own’ BARISTA for milk?
• IPONZ decision provides excellent guidance on online trademark use
• The existence of ‘zombie’ marks forces brand owner back to court
• Decision demonstrates risks if attorneys “go fetch” and lodge their own evidence in trademark proceedings
• Opponent wins trademark opposition despite inadmissible evidence

• Yet another case emphasises the importance of lodging admissible evidence
• Copyright provides basis to challenge trademark ownership
• Watch your evidence (again!) in trademark proceedings
• Is TRAUMAGEL really too similar to TRAUMEEL?
• Disclaimers in trademarks – not so sweet after all
• Kiwis will not confuse port and other wines
• Supreme Court: ‘zombies’ do exist in New Zealand after all
• NOTHING BUT strong evidence of confusion will suffice in a New Zealand spill-over reputation case
• Tempting Brands retains the PIERRE DE COUBERTIN trademark in New Zealand
• New Zealand v Australia: battle over rights to the name of the modern Olympic Games’ founder, Pierre de Coubertin