Intellectual property regulatory system
This page describes the intellectual property regulatory system, its objectives and our qualitative assessment of it. It also lists the main statutes and changes to regulation either planned or in progress.
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Copyright protection overseas
New Zealand is party to various international copyright agreements that set out minimum standards of protection for copyright.
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Performers' rights
The Copyright Act 1994 gives performers limited rights to control the exploitation of their performances where they haven’t given consent.
Copyright
Copyright material on this website is protected by copyright owned by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment on behalf of the Crown.
Intellectual property
Intellectual property refers to new or original innovations and creations of the mind. This section also covers copyright, trade marks, patents and other forms of intellectual property protection.
Notice process to cover file sharing infringements
The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011 sets out a process for dealing with copyright infringements that occur via peer-to-peer file sharing networks.
A new IP management policy for New Zealand research
The government is introducing a national Intellectual Property (IP) management policy that gives more rights to researchers to commercialise their own inventions.