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Amendments to Trademark Laws

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Sep 20, 2018 (Newsletter Issue 16/18)
Australia
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New Parallel Importation Laws in Force


The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Act 2018 (the Act) received Royal Assent on August 24, 2018.

Part 1 of the Act amends the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) (Trade Marks Act) to clarify the circumstances in which the parallel importation of trade marked goods does not infringe a registered trade mark. Part 1 of the Act commenced on August 25, 2018.

Trademark owners will now find it much more difficult to prevent parallel imports coming into Australia.

The Act also includes the following measures in response to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into Australia’s IP system:
- Amendments to the Trade Marks Act to change the period that must elapse before non-use actions can be made against registered trademarks, from five years to three years;
- Amendments to the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 (Cth) with respect of plant breeder’s rights in essentially derived varieties; and
- Amendments to the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) such that patentees of pharmaceutical patents with an extended term are no longer required to provide the Secretary of the Department of Health with certain data.

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