New Zealand Legislation: Acts

101 Powers of patent attorneys

• (1) A patent attorney—

  • (a) Shall be entitled to prepare all documents, transact all business, and conduct all proceedings for the purposes of this Act; and

  • (b) Shall have such other rights and privileges as may be prescribed.

  (2) Nothing in this section shall authorise a patent attorney to transact business or conduct proceedings in a Court.

  (3) A person who is registered under section 100 as a patent attorney is not guilty of an offence against section 32 or section 33 or section 35 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 by reason only of exercising any of the powers conferred on patent attorneys by this section.

  Compare: Patents Act 1949, s 88(5) (UK)

  Section 101(3): substituted, on 1 August 2008, by section 348 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (2006 No 1).