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Email: davis@auckland.ac.nz

LEGISLATION

NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand  legislation is available full text in Brookers Online and LexisNexis NZ.  The links below take you directly into Brookers Online (they may take a moment to load): 

• Copyright Act 1994
• Designs Act 1953
• Patents Act 1953
• Trade Marks Act 2002
• Draft Patents Bill - information from the Ministry of Economic Development

Note:  Free access to legislation is also available via the New Zealand Legislation website

See Also: 

• Davis Law Library links to New Zealand Legislation
• Wall Index to Statutes at the end of Stack 1A / 1B, Level 2, Davis Law Library. Access point to NZ printed statutes on Stack 1B

EU MATERIALS

• Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases
• Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society

CASE LAW

NEW ZEALAND

Selected Reporting Series Covering IP Law:

• New Zealand Business Law Cases (NZBLC) full text CCH New Zealand Online Library; and Davis Law Stack 2B.  The most recent cases are in the CCH New Zealand Business Law Guide on Davis Law Desk Copy
• New Zealand Intellectual Property Reports (NZIPR) Davis Law Library Stack 2A
• New Zealand Law Reports (NZLR) full text LexisNexis NZ from 1958; and Davis Law Library Stack 3A
• Trade and Competition Law Reports (TCLR) Davis Law Library Stack 3B

LINXPLUS and BRIEFCASE Databases:

• Linxplus (inside LexisNexis NZ) and Briefcase (inside Brookers Online) provide summaries and full text reported and unreported judgments. Judgments on LinxPlus are taken from the Court of Appeal and High Court. 
  Judgments on Briefcase are taken from the District Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, Privy Council and other selected judicial bodies

New Zealand Law Reports:

• The following cases are available fulltext in the New Zealand Law Reports.  Search on the citation details eg. 

 TIP: Use the browser back button to return to this page

• Plix Products v Frank M Winstone (Merchants) Ltd [1985] 1 NZLR 376 (NZCA)
• Mitre 10 (New Zealand) Ltd v Benchmark Building Supplies Ltd [2004] 1 NZLR 26
• Taylor Bros. Ltd v Taylors Group Ltd [1988] 2 NZLR 1
• Tot Toys Ltd v Mitchell [1993] 1 NZLR 325
• Anheuser-Busch Inc v Budweiser Budvar National Corporation [2003] 1 NZLR 472
• Land Transport Safety Authority of New Zealand v Glogau [1999] 1 NZLR 261 (NZCA)
• MacLean v Arklow Investments [1998] 3 NZLR 680

INTERNATIONAL

All England Law Reports (All ER)

• Davis Law Library Stack 6B

• LexisNexis NZ fulltext from 1995 : Cases Tab > Cases Search Forms : select International Cases > Expand Sources dropdown menu
• Davis Law Library Stack 6B

Intellectual Property Reports(Australia) (IPR)

• LexisNexis NZ fulltext from 1983 : Cases Tab > Cases Search Forms : select International Cases > Expand Sources dropdown menu  
• Davis Law Library Stack 5A

Fleet Street Reports (England) (FSR) 

• Westlaw fulltext from 1966 : UK IP tab > Shortcuts : select Table of Contents > Expand Intellectual Property Cases
• Davis Law Library Stack 6A

• Fulltext on Justis
• Fulltext on Westlaw : Shortcuts > Search These Databases : Enter LAW-RPTS
• Davis Law Library Stack 6B / 7A 

Reports of Patents Cases (England) (RPC)

• Westlaw fulltext from 1966 : UK IP tab > Shortcuts : select Table of Contents > Expand Intellectual Property Cases
• Davis Law Library Stack 8A

JOURNALS

New Zealand Business Law Quarterly

• Brookers Online fulltext from 1997.
• Westlaw fulltext from 2004 : Shortcuts > Search these databases: Enter NZBLQ
• Davis Law Library Level 1 

LEGAL ABBREVIATIONS

• See Davis Law Library Legal Reference

REFERENCE MATERIALS 

ENCYCLOPEDIA

• Laws of New Zealand, the NZ legal encyclopedia, in LexisNexis NZ, includes specific sections on Intellectual Property.  

From the Browse menu, select any of the following:

• Intellectual Property Confidential Information
• Intellectual Property Copyright
• Intellectual Property Fair Trading
• Intellectual Property Registered Design
• Intellectual Property Trade Marks

LEGAL COMMENTARY

James & Wells Intellectual Property Law in New Zealand

• Brookers Online - the online version of textbook
• Davis Law Library KN111 L1 JAM
  

Copyright and Design

• LexisNexis NZ - the online version of the looseleaf publication
• Davis Law Library KN111 L1 INT

DICTIONARIES

• Butterworths New Zealand law dictionary / by Peter Spiller.  LexisNexis NZ, 6th ed, 2005
  Davis Law Library Short Loan K120.5 L1 SPI 2005

INTERNET RESOURCES

NEW ZEALAND

• IPONZ - Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

INTERNATIONAL

• WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization
• UK Patent Office 

HELP AND FURTHER READINGS

• To find further materials on intellectual property and the law use the library's online catalogue. 
  
• Training sessions for Brookers Online, LexisNexis NZ, Lexis.com and Westlaw can be booked.  Please enquire at the Information Desk, Davis Law Library.