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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AMENDMENT (RAISING THE BAR) ACT 2012 (NO. 35, 2012) - NOTES

 

No. 35, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

  

  


Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2

3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 3

Schedule 1--Raising the quality of granted patents                                         4

Part 1--Main amendments                                                                                         4

Patents Act 1990                                                                                                          4

Part 2--Balance of probabilities test                                                                   15

Patents Act 1990                                                                                                        15

Part 3--Application, savings and transitional provisions                          17

Schedule 2--Free access to patented inventions for regulatory approvals and research              22

Part 1--Amendment                                                                                                    22

Patents Act 1990                                                                                                        22

Part 2--Application of amendment                                                                     24

Schedule 3--Reducing delays in resolution of patent and trade mark applications         25

Part 1--Amendments                                                                                                  25

Patents Act 1990                                                                                                        25

Trade Marks Act 1995                                                                                              30

Part 2--Application and transitional provisions                                            35

Schedule 4--Assisting the operations of the IP profession                         37

Patents Act 1990                                                                                                        37

Trade Marks Act 1995                                                                                              47

Schedule 5--Improving mechanisms for trade mark and copyright enforcement            55

Part 1--Customs seizure                                                                                            55

Copyright Act 1968                                                                                                   55

Trade Marks Act 1995                                                                                              61

Part 2--Trade Mark offences                                                                                  68

Trade Marks Act 1995                                                                                              68

Part 3--Relief for infringement of trade marks                                             75

Trade Marks Act 1995                                                                                              75

Schedule 6--Simplifying the IP system                                                                   76

Part 1--Amendments                                                                                                  76

Designs Act 2003                                                                                                       76

Patents Act 1990                                                                                                        79

Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994                                                                            96

Trade Marks Act 1995                                                                                              97

Part 2--Application and savings provisions                                                  103

 


 

 

Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012

No. 35, 2012

 

 

 

An Act to amend legislation relating to intellectual property, and for related purposes

[Assented to 15 April 2012]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

 

[Minister's second reading speech made in--

Senate on 22 June 2011

House of Representatives on 19 March 2012]

(119/11)

 



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