Important New Zealand IP Case Law
Court decisions issued in other British Commonwealth countries often carry weight in New Zealand courts (and Intellectual Property Office hearings), particularly in the absence of New Zealand case law on the issue. New Zealand strengthened its own precedent system in 2004 when the Supreme Court was established to hear appeals from the Court of Appeal, which were previously heard by the Privy Council in the United Kingdom.
The following New Zealand IP cases are relevant either for their own findings or for endorsing findings from other countries with influential jurisprudence.
(CA 22/03, 28th June 2004)
(2010 NZCA 83, 24th March 2010)
(CIV 2009-404-2171, 4th March 2011)
(CIV 2010-485-506, 7th October 2011)
(CIV 2011-404-02584, 19th July 2012)
(2016 NZHC 1738; 29 July 2016)
(CIV 2009-485-2594, 30th June 2010)
(CIV 2010-485-816, 8th April 2011)
(2011 NZCA 264, 14th June 2011)
(CIV 2010-485-2427, 2nd November 2011)
(CIV 2011-485-1255, 24th July 2012)
(2012 NZCA 450, 1st October 2012)
(2012 NZHC 3205, 30th November 2012)
(2013 NZHC 3282; 10th December 2013)
(2014 NZHC 124; 12th February 2014)
(2014 NZCA 311; 9 September 2014)
(2015 NZCA 602; 16 December 2015)
(2009 NZSC 35, 8th April 2009)
(2013 NZCA 111, 18th April 2013)
(2014 NZCA 389; 13th August 2014)
(CA 55/00, 22nd March 2001)
(CA 8/05, 8th December 2005)
(2013 NZHC 2197; 28th August 2013)
(2014 NZCA 421; 28th August 2014)
(2013 NZCA 335; 30th July 2013)
(2014 NZHC 645; 2nd April 2014)