Submissions Sought on Exposure Drafts
IP Australia has released Exposure Drafts relating to the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2017 and has requested submissions in relation thereto...
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NZ IP Legislative Landslide
New Zealand's IP landscape is in the process of a seismic shift...
Read moreSecond Reading of Patents (Trans-Tasman Patent Attorneys and Other Matters) Bill
The Patents (Trans-Tasman Patent Attorneys and Other Matters) Bill was given its second reading on 13th October 2016...
Read moreStandardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Legislation Ready to Commence
The Smoke-free Environments (Tobacco Standardised Packaging) Amendment Act 2016 was assented to on 14th September 2016 and will commence on the earlier of either a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council or the 14th March 2018...
Read moreRestrictions Proposed for Divisionals of 1953 Act Patents
Patents Act 1953 may soon no longer be fertile ground for dasiy chained divisionals...
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