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Main text(s) Main text(s) English Patents Act 2013     

 

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Legislation Amends (5 text(s)) Amends (5 text(s))

Copyright Act 1994  (NZ258)
Trade Marks Act 2002 (NZ260)
Designs Act 1953  (NZ262)
Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Convention Order 2012 (reprint as at 13 September 2014) (NZ201)
Designs Regulations 1954 (reprint as at 19 April 2011) (NZ111)

Supersedes (7 text(s)) Supersedes (7 text(s))

• Patents Act 2013 (reprint as at 7 August 2020)  (NZ245)
• Patents Act 2013 (reprint as at 16 September 2017) (NZ225)
• Patents Act 2013 (reprint as at 30 December 2018) (NZ241)
• Patents Act 2013 (reprint as at 1 March 2017) (NZ181)
• Patents Act 2013 (reprint as at 14 September 2017) (NZ204)
• Patents Act 2013 (reprint as at 13 May 2016) (NZ172)
• Patents Act 2013 (NZ137)

Is amended by (4 text(s)) Is amended by (4 text(s))

• Plant Variety Rights Act 2022 (Act No. 61 of 2022, consolidated version as of January 24, 2023) (NZ256)
• Public Service Act 2020 (NZ246)
• Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (reprint as at 1 September 2017) (NZ211)
• Patents (Trans-Tasman Patent Attorneys and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2016 (NZ179)

Is implemented by (2 text(s)) Is implemented by (2 text(s))

• Patents Amendment Regulations 2018 (NZ221)
• Patents Regulations 2014 (reprint as at 1 September 2017) (NZ222)

Treaties Relates to (3 records) Relates to (3 records)

• Patent Cooperation Treaty (June 19, 1970)
• Budapest Treaty (April 28, 1977)
• Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (April 15, 1994)

Historical Versions Repeals (5 text(s)) Repeals (5 text(s))

• Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty) Amendment Regulations 1999 (reprint as at 13 September 2014) (NZ202)
• Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty) Amendment Regulations 2001 (reprint as at 13 September 2014) (NZ203)
• Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty) Amendment Regulations 2002 (reprint as at 13 September 2014) (NZ206)
• Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty) Regulations 1992 (reprint as at 13 September 2014) (NZ200)
• Patents Act 1953 (reprint as at 13 September 2014) (NZ173)