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Trade Marks
James & Wells has one of New Zealand's strongest trade mark
practices and operates separate teams in Auckland, Hamilton,
Tauranga and Christchurch.
Your trade mark is how people will distinguish your goods and
services from those of your competitors. It's a mark of your
good name and reputation, and your customers' 'guarantee' when they
decide to do business with you again, and again.
Our Trade Marks Team uses their local and international
experience to ensure their advice is commercially balanced and
practical. They take a holistic view and explore all options
to enable you to achieve your objectives, whether that be to use a
particular brand, register a difficult trade mark, develop a global
brand, acquire a domain name, or put a stop to counterfeit
products.
The range of services our Trade Marks Team can provide you
include:
- Advice on trade mark development
- Clearance trade mark searches to ensure your
proposed trade mark will not conflict with the existing rights of
other parties
- Protection strategies and
registration of trade marks including non-traditional
forms of marks such as product shape and colour
- Registering domain names
- Monitoring trade marks registers to alert you to
the activities of your competitors and/or the existence of trade
marks which may cause conflict
For further information, visit our information page on Trade Marks.
Strong trade marks with clear rights of ownership.