IPRIA - Australian Developments in IP August 2007
IPRIA has released its Australian Developments in IP August 2007 edition and provides information on:
- Amendments to be made to Patents Act 1990 in response to ACIP Report ‘Patents and Experimental Use’
- Consultation Paper released on the patent search results disclosure regime
- WIPO Copyright Treaty and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty come into force
- Designs Examiners’ Manual
- Amended legislation and examination practice in relation to divisional trade mark applications
- Trade Marks Office Manual of Practice and Procedure - revision of Parts 22 and 28
- auDA’s 2007 Names Policy Panel releases Issues Paper for public comment
- $80 million to be granted under Federal Government’s Innovation Investment Fund
- Inquiry into the provisions of the Communications Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing and Datacasing) Bill 2007
- Australian government to target cyber-crime
- Discussion of IP issues at ninth round of negotiations for Australia-China FTA
- IP enforcement budget increase
- ALRC inquiry into client legal privilege
- Public consultation: patent, trade marks and WIPO treaties