The Prime Minister has released the list of legislation proposed for introduction in the Autumn sittings of Federal Parliament, starting Tuesday 8 February.
The only proposed Bill affecting intellectual property is the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill, which will:
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raise patent standards and increase certainty in the validity of granted patents
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give researchers the freedom to innovate without the threat of litigation
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speed up the processes for determining patent and trade mark applications
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improve the operations of the intellectual property profession
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improve mechanisms for trade mark and copyright enforcement in Australia
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modernise aspects of Australia's intellectual property system
Once the Bill is made publicly available we'll examine it in
more depth.
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