New Zealand Patents Act 2013
The long awaited update to the New Zealand Patents Act 2013 was signed off by the Governor-General Jerry Mateparae last year and will take effect from 13 September 2014. The new Act was drafted in 2004 and first introduced to the House in 2008 – and will replace the original Act which dates back to 1953.
Media attention has focused largely on the controversy surrounding the patentability of software, but the new law has implications far beyond the tech industry, and anyone filing a patent application should be aware of these.
It may benefit some patent filers to complete their applications early […]