Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2013

Type: Government
Portfolio: Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Not Proceeding
Parliament no: 43

Summary

Amends the: Patents Act 1990 to: modify the operation of the Crown use provisions; implement the Protocol amending the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property to enable Australian pharmaceutical manufacturers to supply developing countries with generic versions of patented medicines; and make technical amendments; Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 to enable the owners of plant breeder’s rights in a plant variety with the option to take action in the Federal Circuit Court against alleged infringers; Designs Act 2003, Patents Act 1990, Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 and Trade Marks Act 1995 to provide for a single trans-Tasman patent attorney regime and single patent application and examination processes for Australia and New Zealand; and Designs Act 2003, Patents Act 1990 and Trade Marks Act 1995 to remove document retention requirements.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	30 May 2013
Second reading moved	30 May 2013
Second reading debate	24 Jun 2013
Second reading agreed to	24 Jun 2013
Third reading agreed to	25 Jun 2013

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	28 Jun 2013
Second reading moved	28 Jun 2013
Lapsed at end of Parliament	12 Nov 2013

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No proposed amendments have been circulated.

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Notes

Referred to Committee (30/05/2013): Senate Economics Legislation Committee; Committee report (06/06/2013)
Referred to Committee (30/05/2013): House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs; Committee report (19/06/2013)

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