IP News Alert - Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2006

On 30 March 2006 the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2006 (the “Bill”) was introduced into the House of Representatives.  The Bill proposes significant changes to Australian intellectual property law.   The main changes involve proposed amendments to the Patents Act and the Trade Marks Act, including proposed grant of significant additional rights to both patentees (eg new flagrancy damages) and potential infringers (compulsory licences and widened scope of the prior user defence and springboarding).

See Issue No. 11 of Griffith Hack's newsletter NEEDTOKNOW for the full story.

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