New Zealand Intellectual
Property Attorneys Inc
NZIPA Oral History
NZIPA was established in 1912. To mark its centenary year oral history interviews were conducted with five members of the profession. Since then two additional oral histories have been recorded. The interviews are held in the Oral History Collection at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington.
- Sir Thomas Gault
- Margaret Doucas
- Ceri Wells
- Jonty Ellis
- Laura Hollingsworth
- Colin Hadley
- Kate Wilson
- Phil McCabe
Margaret Doucas
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Extracts from Margaret Doucas' oral history:
Joining Henry Hughes
Patents and the Patents Office
Patent Exams
Communications, Technology and the Internet
Marketing
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Ceri Wells
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Sending papers to the Patent Office
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Jonty Ellis
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Becoming a Patent Attorney at Baldwins
Baldwins getting a Telex machine
Clearing the mail box
Searching the Trade marks Register
Pronunciation of Patent
Tom Ennis and Jasper Baldwin
Women in the Profession
Jasper Balwdin's red notebook
Reusing paper
The Patent Reports
Baldwin's first computer
Trade marks Office goes online
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Laura Hollingsworth
Extracts from Laura Hollingsworth's oral history:
Becoming a patent attorney:
NZ Patents legislation in 2013:
Taking the patent attorney exams:
Colin Hadley
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Early contact with IP at Todd Motors:
Becoming a patent attorney (including patent exams):
Working with clients:
Visiting clients:
Women in the profession:
Women in the profession contd:
Baldwin's centenary in 1997:
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Kate Wilson |
Overview of patents:
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Cost vs value of patents:
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Drawing up patent specifications:
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Innovation:
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Phil McCabe
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Becoming a lawyer |
Sir Geoffrey Palmer the teacher who had the greatest influence
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Working in a patent attorney office during university
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The advent of industrial copyright
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Searching at the Departmental Building
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Elected to NZIPA and producing the Patent Letter
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Inviting a Hoax speaker to the Institute's conference
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Arcane profession had choice to expand
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Background to seeking admission as a solicitor
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Getting the first Anton Pillar order in NZ
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NZIPA's Oral History was handed over to the Alexander Turnbull Library on 19 June 2014. A small function was held at the National Library in Wellington to celebrate the event.
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Rachell Esson, Associate Chief Librarian Research Collection Megan Hutching, Oral Historian
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Elena Szentivanyi, NZIPA Councillor Chris Way, NZIPA Councillor Rachel Esson, Associate Chief Librarian Research Collection Penny Cately, NZIPA Councillor Jon Lucas, NZIPA Councillor Corinne Blumsky, NZIPA Vice President Tom Robertson, NZIPA Councillor |
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Ceri Wells, James and Wells, Oral History contributor Pip Oldham, Oral Historian Megan Hutching, Oral Historian Margaret Doucas, Henry Hughes, Oral History contributor |
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Photos kindly supplied by Imaging Services, Alexander Turnbull Library.