[LINK] Guide to copyright and patent law changes in the US Free Trade Agreement

[Antony Barry]

Guide to copyright and patent law changes in the US Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Bill 2004 [PDF 393KB]
Current Issues Brief No. 3 2004

Jacob Varghese, Law and Bills Digest Section
3 August 2004
Changes to the Copyright Act 1968 and Patents Act 1990 form a 
significant and
complex part of the Bill to implement the Australia?US Free Trade 
Agreement. The
intellectual property chapter is one of the largest and most 
prescriptive parts
of the Agreement. However, the chapter does leave some room for 
Australia to
decide the shape of its own law, so implementation inevitably involves 
making
substantive policy choices. This guide provides a section-by-section 
discussion
of the copyright and patent provisions of the Bill. It discusses the 
changes the
Agreement requires and also the means which are proposed to meet these
requirements. It also points out those areas where the Bill might go 
further
than required or fail to take advantage of exceptions allowed. (43 
pages)


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