IP Australia has initiated a consultation on the recommendation of the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP), in its one-page statement issued in May 2015, that Australia’s second-tier ‘innovation patent’ system be abolished. While the terms of the consultation naturally do not say it in so many words, it seems to me that IP Australia is gunning for the innovation patent, and would like to see ACIP’s latest recommendation implemented by the government. The consultation paper is available from IP Australia’s web site, and submissions are requested by 28 September 2015.ACIP had previously reported on a three-year review of the innovation patent system back in June 2014. Its report that was largely inconclusive, and made no recommendation supporting either the retention or abolition of the innovation patent system. However, as I explained in an earlier article, immediately following publication of an IP Australia…
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