The closure of our offices will coincide with the annual closure of the Patent and Trade Mark Offices and Courts in Australia and New Zealand.
IP Australia will close on 24 December and reopen on 2 January, and IPONZ will close on 24 December and reopen on 5 January. Any action which has a deadline falling in these closure periods will be able to be done on the first day on which the Patent and Trade Mark Office reopens for business, and still be in time.
If there are matters you would like us to attend to during these periods, including any matters which fall due on 2 January in Australia, we would appreciate receiving your final instructions by Thursday 18 December 2014.
Please contact your POF attorney directly, or email attorney@pof.com.au
We appreciate your understanding and wish you Season’s Greetings and a Happy New Year.
Managing Partner
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick