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Patents Act 2013 (reprint as at 7 August 2020), New Zealand
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Year of Version
2020
Dates
Consolidated:
August 7, 2020
Enacted:
September 13, 2013
Type of Text
Main IP Laws
Subject Matter
Patents (Inventions),
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets),
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws,
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR),
Genetic Resources,
Traditional Knowledge (TK),
IP Regulatory Body
Notes
This consolidated version of the Patents Act 2013 (reprint as at 7 August 2020) takes into account amendments up to the Public Service Act 2020 (Act No. 40 of 2020), which received the Royal Assent on August 6, 2020, and which entered into force on August 7, 2020, on the day after the date of Royal assent; except for sections 91 and 133(1).
Section 135 under Part 6 specified in Schedule 11 of the said amending Public Service Act 2020 amended Section 217(1) under Subpart 3, Part 5 of this consolidated version, where the words “State Sector Act 1988” were replaced with the words “Public Service Act 2020”.
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