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AIPPI submissions 2011

The following papers and/or submissions were made last year on behalf of AIPPI by the Australian national group.   The papers/submissions are hyperlinked below.

1. IP Australia submission in relation to the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill;

2. Submission on the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011:  April 2011 submission | July 2011 submission;

3. IP Australia submission in relation to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources;

4. Submission to ACIP on the review of the Innovation Patent system;

5. IP Australia submission in relation to a proposal for implementation of the TRIPs protocol; and

6. Submission to the US group of AIPPI, in response to the USPTO request for comments on America Invents Act.

Current working questions

Details of the Australian group’s reports on the current working questions follow.

Q229.   The use of prosecution history in post-grant patent proceedings

A report is not yet available. The Working Question is https://www.aippi.org/download/commitees/229/WG229English.pdf

Q230.  Infringement of trademarks by goods in transit

A report is not yet available. The Working Question is https://www.aippi.org/download/commitees/230/WG230English.pdf

Q231.  The interplay between design and copyright protection for industrial products

A report is not yet available. The Working Question is https://www.aippi.org/download/commitees/231/WG231English.pdf

Q232.  The relevant of traditional knowledge to intellectual property law

A report is not yet available.  The Working Question is https://www.aippi.org/download/commitees/232/WG232English.pdf