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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 2 and Other Measures) Bill 2019
No. , 2019
(Industry, Innovation and Science)
A Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to intellectual property, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Responses to the Productivity Commission 3
Part 1—Object of the Act 3
Patents Act 1990 3
Part 2—Innovation patents 4
Patents Act 1990 4
Schedule 2—Crown use of patents 6
Part 1—Amendments 6
Patents Act 1990 6
Part 2—Application and transitional provisions 13
Schedule 3—Crown use of designs 15
Part 1—Amendments 15
Designs Act 2003 15
Part 2—Application and transitional provisions 21
Schedule 4—Compulsory licences 23
Patents Act 1990 23
Schedule 5—Seals 29
Patents Act 1990 29
Trade Marks Act 1995 29
Schedule 6—Specifications 30
Patents Act 1990 30
Schedule 7—Protection of information 34
Patents Act 1990 34
Schedule 8—International applications 35
Patents Act 1990 35
A Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to intellectual property, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act is the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 2 and Other Measures) Act 2019 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedule 1, Part 1 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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3. Schedule 1, Part 2 |
The day after the end of the period of 12 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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4. Schedules 2 to 7 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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5. Schedule 8 |
The day after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.