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How NZ's own law helped Australia win the Manuka Honey trademark war

  • Written by David Jefferson, Senior Lecturer Above the Bar, University of Canterbury
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The recent decision in “one of the most complex and long running” trademark cases in New Zealand was a loss for the country’s mānuka honey producers. But it also served to highlight just how ill-equipped our laws are for protecting Māori taonga (treasures) and mātauranga Māori (traditional...

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