General Electric have announced a low carbon challenge open to businesses, entrepreneurs, and inventors in Australia and New Zealand who have innovative ideas for reducing Australia and New Zealand’s carbon footprint.
A summary of upcoming local and international intellectual property conferences to be held in June and July 2012:
The USPTO has reported that Intellectual Property intensive industries are contributing up to USD$5 Trillion together with up to 40 Million jobs to the US economy.
The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2011 received Royal Assent and became law on 15 April 2012.
On 20 March 2012 the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2012 was passed by the House of Representatives. It is likely that the Bill will receive the Governor General’s assent and become law in the next few weeks.
The Full Federal Court has clarified a drafting error in the transitional provisions of the Plant Breeder’s Rights (PBR) Act 1994 in Elders Rural Services Australia Limited v Registrar of Plant Breeder’s Rights [2012] FCAFC 14.
The much anticipated “Raising the Bar” Bill was passed by the Senate last night without amendment. It is expected to go to the House of Representatives later this week, with Royal Assent to follow shortly thereafter.
Decisions of the Commissioner (Hearings Decisions) are now available online and can be accessed via the IPONZ website. Search facilities include: The ability to search for key words across multiple decisions Ability to download the decisions in document (RTF) format Improved indexing of decisions by year and descriptions of opposition and parties Links where applicable to …
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