The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Act 2018 received Royal Assent on 24 August 2018. See additional information on the Act and associated regulations.
This Act is the first piece of legislation implementing the Government’s response to the Productivity Commission inquiry into Australia’s intellectual property arrangements.
The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 2 and Other Measures) Act 2020, received Royal Assent on 26 February 2020. See additional information on the Act.
This Act is the second piece of legislation implementing the government’s response to the Productivity Commission inquiry into Australia’s intellectual property arrangements.
Consultation
From 23 October to 4 December 2017 IP Australia released the draft legislation for public comment. Thank you to all who contributed and provided submissions to our consultation.
Following consultation, we considered all the submissions and a response to this consultation detailing changes, other outcomes and our reasoning can be found below:
Draft legislation and explanatory materials
These materials are available in Word version
Exposure Draft of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Bill 2017
Exposure Draft of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Bill 2017
in Microsoft Office document format [408 KB] Draft Explanatory Memorandum to the Amendment Bill
Draft Explanatory Memorandum to the Amendment Bill in File format [373.68 KB] Exposure Draft of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Regulations 2017
Exposure Draft of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Regulations 2017 in Microsoft Office document format [376.5 KB] Draft Explanatory Statement to the Amendment Regulations
Draft Explanatory Statement to the Amendment Regulations in File format [296.47 KB]
Or in PDF version
Draft Explanatory Memorandum to the Amendment Bill
Draft Explanatory Memorandum to the Amendment Bill
in PDF format [910.81 KB]
Submissions received
The consultation period closed 4 December 2017.
We received 19 non-confidential submissions from the following:
Aristocrat Technologies Australia
Australian Nurserymen’s Fruit Improvements Company (ANFIC)
Australian Seed Federation (ASF)
Christopher Prescott
CropLife Australia
Davies Collison Cave Law Pty Ltd
Dr Ana Penteado
FICPI Australia (Australian Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys)
Gilbert+Tobin
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys (IPTA)
International Trademark Association (INTA)
Kenta Kitamoto
Law Council of Australia (LCA)
Law Institute of Victoria (LIV)
National Farmers Federation (NFF)
PGG Wrightson Seeds
Shimano Oceania Holdings
Warwick Rothnie
Contact officer
Andrew Wilkinson Ph: (02) 6225 6199 Email: andrew.wilkinson@ipaustralia.gov.au