Thursday 02 September 2021
Auckland, NZ, September 1st, 2021 – Fast-growing New Zealand legal-tech start-up Sortify.tm plans to further expand its international reach as part of a transformational investment from major Australasian IP Group, QANTM Intellectual Property Limited. Sortify.tm will build on the global reach of its direct to consumer (D2C) online trade mark registration platforms as well as […]
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Thursday 03 December 2020
The events of 2020 have reinforced that change is one of the only constants in our world. As 2021 approaches, we are hoping for positive change and looking forward to embracing the start of a new year. In the trademark world, annual changes to the Nice 11 Classification have become the new normal. This multilateral […]
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Friday 13 November 2020
With the steep growth in manufacture and sale of Covid-19-related products, IP offices have proactively taken steps to clarify which classes these emerging goods and services fall into, depending on their specific use or purpose. Trademark registries across the globe have deleted pre-approved goods and services which were deemed too vague and added a bunch […]
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Thursday 17 September 2020
Reclassifying trademarks can be monotonous, tedious work, yet it’s important that trademarks are reclassified as accurately as possible to be IP Office-compliant. Trademark reclassification is not always straightforward when you’re dealing with: specifications that have hundreds of different terms needing reclassification terms that are permitted across multiple classes punctuation issues (especially in older specifications before […]
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Friday 11 September 2020
During the month of August, John Hackett, brand ambassador at Sortify.tm and a globally renowned trademark attorney, conducted a survey to find out what trademark professionals are up against in their day-to-day work. John asked his extensive network to answer a series of 5 questions on LinkedIn, posted individually and a few days apart. A […]
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