Reprinted from NZ Lawyer magazine

China is and will remain a critical export market for New Zealand; experts have suggested it could outpace Australia and become our largest trading partner in coming years.

The country has long been renowned as a land of rampant copying and disregard for intellectual property (IP) rights, but that’s rapidly changing as the Chinese make bold moves to strengthen requirements around IP law. While extensive pressure is being applied from other countries, fast growth among local exporters like ZTE and Huawei has likely helped too – they are #1 and #3 respectively on the latest list of top international […]

Envoy, the newsletter of The New Zealand lnstitute ofLegal Executives, published this article from CreateIP Trade Mark Specialist Amanda Smith in their Sept 2012 issue.

The world of intellectual property (lP) is a strange, yet wonderful one.

Without lP protection many businesses would not exist. lnventors would not make money from their inventions. Authors and publishers would not profit from their writing – JK Rowling would not be rolling in dough. ln branding, trade mark rights rule. Without your business and product names, who will know to pick you from the rest?

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CreateIP Follow-Up In NZ Business Magazine

NZ Business magazine approached us to do a follow-up piece to their initial profile in their December 2010 / January 2011 edition.  Of course we were delighted to update them on the journey that was the last 18 months.  Click to read the article.

PlainsFM Radio Programme “Your Canterbury Connection”

Robert featured on PlainsFM’s morning radio programme hosted by Gary McIlroy on Wednesday 19 May. Listen to the recording and hear him define what Intellectual Property (IP) is and why patents, trade marks, trade secrets and other IP tools and strategies are important for businesses.  Robert also touches on his background as an engineer, how CreateIP was formed, the personal impact of the Christchurch earthquakes and CreateIP’s relationship with the Chamber of Commerce.

Trends in Protection on the Edge of the World: News From the Land of the Long White Cloud

With a population of just 4.3 million and a remote geographic location, New Zealand (NZ) may often get overlooked when considering a patent or trademark filing strategy.  But did you know that New Zealand is one of the easiest countries in which to do business, and the easiest place in the world to start a business, according to The World Bank (Doing Business report)?  New Zealand was the first to launch an online company registration system back in 1996 and it’s been mandatory […]

Our team are very excited this month as we’ve been profiled in the December 2010 / January 2011 edition of NZ Business magazine.  We’ve already received some lovely comments from friends and colleagues about our new photographs, one of which was featured with the article in the magazine! To read the article you can open up this link to view the pages here, or scroll down this page.