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Oct 9, 2026
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Now, Ngati Whatua Orakei says that McLaren should have spoken to them before applying to trademark the names Remuera and Murawai.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
The supercar giant, as you well know, has applied for the trademarks at the UK Intellectual Property Office.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Both locations are associated with the Kiwi racing legend, Bruce McLaren.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Alex Sims is a professor at the University of Auckland Business School.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Now, Ngati Whatua Orakei says that McLaren should have spoken to them before applying to trademark the names Remuera and Murawai.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
The supercar giant, as you well know, has applied for the trademarks at the UK Intellectual Property Office.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Both locations are associated with the Kiwi racing legend, Bruce McLaren.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Alex Sims is a professor at the University of Auckland Business School.
Sam TurtonGUEST
Absolutely.
Sam TurtonGUEST
So when we file applications, so to give you a bit of background, in order to try and protect a trademark as a registered trademark, you have to file an application at the UK Intellectual Property Office in the UK.
Sam TurtonGUEST
Now you can only, you can only contain, or an application can only contain one trademark.
Sam TurtonGUEST
So theoretically, if you wanted to protect both a word mark and a logo mark, you should file two separate applications for maximum protection.
Lucy Neville-RolfeGUEST
... given that I've been in business as well as a civil servant, uh, and a minister.
Lucy Neville-RolfeGUEST
And just thinking, um, some of the bodies that I've had responsibility for as a minister vary from the post office, which was a bit of a nightmare, as you can imagine, um, and a myriad of DCMS bodies, to areas which have a strong expertise, like the Intellectual Property Office or one of my favorites which we set up, the Public Sector Fraud Authority, and NICE, which Sarah mentioned, would be another example.
Lucy Neville-RolfeGUEST
So you've got that clear expertise with slightly less need for kind of a political dingdong.
Lucy Neville-RolfeGUEST
Um, as I think I told you the other day when we met, I've become a bit more skeptical about the value of standalone public bodies, um, including regulators, um, in my long time in, in office and out of it.
Matthew GillHOST
And in your experience, could the ministers responsible for public bodies themselves do that oversight in a better way, both in normal times and when things are going wrong?
Lucy Neville-RolfeGUEST
It's a good question, and I come at things from a practical perspective, given I've been in business as well as a civil servant and a minister, and just thinking some of the bodies that I've had responsibility for as a minister vary from the post office, which was a bit of a nightmare, as you can imagine, and a myriad of DCMS bodies to areas which have a strong expertise, like the Intellectual Property Office, or one of my favourites, which we set up, the Public Sector Fraud Authority, and NICE, which Sarah mentioned, would be another example.
Lucy Neville-RolfeGUEST
So you've got that clear expertise that's slightly less need for kind of a political ding-dong.
Lucy Neville-RolfeGUEST
As I think I told you the other day when we met, I've become a bit more sceptical about the value of standalone public bodies.
Ben CarterHOST
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Ben CarterHOST
In 2008, a United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office decision addressed a trademark dispute involving OTO names and the lamin.
Ben CarterHOST
The claimant associated with the international OTO secured recognition of contested trademark rights in that proceeding.
Ben CarterHOST
That decision concerned marks and commercial or organisational identifiers under trademark law.
Rebecca FieldHOST
Thanks, Lee.
Rebecca FieldHOST
Yes, we will start off with a relatively recent decision of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office, the UKIPO, on 23 July 2026.
Rebecca FieldHOST
Now, the UKIPO refused an application to register a 3D trademark of the Crocs clogs.
Rebecca FieldHOST
Now, we understand that this decision has been appealed.
Hayleigh BosherHOST
There's a long process, especially in something like copyright law, that is at the effect of quite a lot of different stakeholder opinions and lobbying and lots of different aspects and perspectives to take into account.
Hayleigh BosherHOST
So in the process of lawmaking and copyright would look something like there might be a consultation that could be put out by the UK Intellectual Property Office or by a select committee.
Hayleigh BosherHOST
A select committee is a group of MPs that are from all the different parties involved.
Hayleigh BosherHOST
who are interested in a specific area.