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Title / Prepare application for design protection
Level / 6 / Credits / 3
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare an application for registration; and determine procedures for obtaining protection for copyright, designs, patents, and trade marks.
Classification / Design > Generic Design
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Performance of all outcomes must be carried out in accordance with industry and/or organisation standards and procedures, unless otherwise stated. Industry and/or organisation standards and procedures may include: quality assurance, documentation, security, communication, health and safety, ethics, interpersonal behaviour, and design practice image. An acceptable standard would be comparable to ISO9000 certified organisations and those set by an incorporated professional or trade body. Examples of such bodies are the Designers Institute of New Zealand New Zealand Institute of Architects and Architectural Designers NZ Incorporated.
2 Performance of all outcomes must be completed within the constraints normally applicable to a commercial environment.
3 Performance of all outcomes must comply with legislation that has an impact upon the client's needs and requirements such as, but not limited to: Building Act 2004, Copyright Act 1994, Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, Designs Act 1953, Fair Trading Act 1986, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Patents Act 1953, Privacy Act 1993, Resource Management Act 1991, Trade Marks Act 2002, and subsequent amendments.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Determine registrability of the design.
Evidence requirements
1.1 The search to establish the original status of the design is conducted in accordance with organisation procedures.
Range international, national.
1.2 Registrability is established in accordance with statutory requirements.
Outcome 2
Determine procedures and prepare applications for registration.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Application procedures are identified according to statutory requirements.
Range copyright, designs, patents, trademarks.
2.2 Applications are prepared in accordance with statutory requirements.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for Assessment /Registration / 1 / 29 July 1996 / 31 December 2012
Revision / 2 / 10 December 1997 / 31 December 2012
Review / 3 / 27 November 1998 / 31 December 2012
Revision / 4 / 15 January 2004 / 31 December 2012
Rollover and Revision / 5 / 16 February 2012 / 31 December 2018
Rollover and Revision / 6 / 19 September 2013 / 31 December 2018
Review / 7 / 16 February 2017 / 31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0235
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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