Consultation: TPP Intellectual Property Implementation

NewZealandNew Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Link)
Submissions are due by 5pm on Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Submission template (MS Word)
Discussion paper (PDF)

Summary: On 9 March 2016, the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs announced the release of a consultation document that seeks feedback on how the Government proposes to implement the intellectual property changes required to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement.

The consultation document focuses on those areas where New Zealand has some flexibility in how it implements its TPP intellectual property obligations. These include:

  • a revised regime for the protections of technological protection measures
  • a more extensive regime for performers’ rights
  • patent term extensions to compensate for any unreasonable delays in patent grants
  • patent term extensions to compensate for any unreasonable delay as a result of Medsafe’s marketing approval process
  • new powers for Customs to detain goods that are suspected of infringing copyright or trade marks.

How to Make a Submission

  • Submissions on the consultation document are due by 5pm on 30 March 2016.
  • Please email your submissions to tpp.ip.policy@mbie.govt.nz.

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