Archived Public consultations listing

Last updated:

18 August 2020

Consultations opened after 2019 are located on our Consultation Hub.

2019

Design initiatives - implementing accepted ACIP recommendations	Closed
Trade Marks Amendment (Division of International Registrations and Other Measures) Regulations 2019	Closed
Indigenous Knowledge	Closed

2018

Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (PC Commission Response Part 2 and Other Measures) Regulations 2018	Closed
Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (PC Commission Response Part 2 and Other Measures) Bill 2018	Closed
Hague Agreement for designs	Closed
How SMEs commercialise their business ideas and intellectual capital	Closed

2017

Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Bill and Regulations 2017	Closed
Several intellectual property (IP) matters arising from Productivity Commission report on IP arrangements	Closed
Intellectual Property Laws Amendment 2017	Closed

2016

Change of WIPO standards for Sequence Listings	Closed
Extension of Plant Breeder's Rights (PBR) system to Norfolk Island	Closed
Patent Search Information Statement	Closed
Indigenous Knowledge	Closed

2015

Exposure draft of proposed regulations for a trans-Tasman patent attorney regime	Closed
Expanded use of automated processes	Closed
Streamlining IP processes and supporting small business	Closed
Examination practice following the High Court decision in D'Arcy v Myriad Genetics Inc [2015] HCA 35	Closed
Advisory Council on Intellectual Property’s (ACIP) recommendation on the innovation patent system	Closed
Intellectual Property Legislation Amendment (TRIPS Protocol and Other Measures) Regulation 2015	Closed

2014

Plant Breeder's Rights Advisory Committee

Closed

2013

Proposed patents objects clause and patentability exclusion	Closed
IP Laws Amendment Act 2012 'Raising the Bar'	Closed

Historical reviews