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We are currently consulting on an exposure draft of the Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Bill 2020 and the Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Regulations 2020 along with the accompanying draft Explanatory Memorandum and draft Explanatory Statement.
Consultation closes on 28 August 2020.
We conducted a public consultation from 31 October to 20 December 2019 on policy issues being considered for inclusion in a Designs Bill in 2020.
IP Australia has published the submissions received during consultation along with our response to those submissions.
This issue will be included in a 2020 Designs Bill, subject to government priorities. Further details can be found in our response to the consultation.
IP Australia is investigating further reform measures resulting from exploratory research into the design economy (see Design Reform Project).