Submit application: the applicant can submit trademark application documents to the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office, or designate New Zealand as an effective country through the Madrid trademark;
Trademark review: After receiving the trademark application documents, the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office will review the trademark documents within 15 working days, mainly to check whether the trademark documents can be registered, whether they are similar to or the same as the previously applied trademarks, and whether they comply with the relevant laws and regulations of New Zealand. For the trademark documents with problems, the trademark applicant will be notified in writing, requiring the applicant to modify and correct them within a time limit. There is no problem with the trademark documents will be awarded the application date and application number.
Trademark announcement: After the examined trademark documents enter the trademark announcement period, the trademark will be published in the official trademark announcement of New Zealand. Anyone can raise an objection to the trademark within 3 months from the announcement period of the trademark. During this period, the dissenter may make a ruling on the trademark document together with the trademark applicant.
Successful trademark registration: the trademark that has been ruled against or the trademark documents that have no objection during the announcement period will be approved for registration and a trademark registration certificate will be issued. If the trademark registration is completed, the whole trademark registration process will take about 8- 14 months.