WORLD TRADE IP/N/1/NZL/2
21April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1678)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
NewZealand
Thefollowing communication, dated 18February 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofNewZealand.
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Inaccordance withArticle 63.2oftheTRIPS Agreement andtheProcedures forNotification
ofNational Laws andRegulations (document IP/C/2), attached isinformation concerning recent
amendments toNewZealand lawsandregulations pertaining totheTRIPS Agreement.
TheseamendmentsarelistedintheorderusedinNewZealand'soriginalArticle63.2notification
(document IP/N/1/NZL/1).
Copies ofthetextsoftheseamending lawsorregulations areenclosed, together withexplanatory
background notes foreach.IP/N/1/NZL/2
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NOTIFICATION OFAMENDMENTS TOLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
NewZealand
Copyright
TheCopyright Amendment Act1996
TheCopyright Amendment ActCommencement Order 1996
TheCopyright (Border Protection) Regulations 1994, Amendment No.1
TheCopyright (General Matters) Regulations 1995, Amendment No.1
Trademarks
TheTrade Marks Amendment Act1996
Geographical Indications
TheGeographical Indications Amendment Act1996
Industrial Designs
TheDesigns Amendment Act1996
Patents
ThePatents Amendment Act1996
Plant Variety Protection
ThePlant Variety Rights Amendment Act1996
Convention Order
ThePatents, Designs andTrade Marks Convention Order 1996IP/N/1/NZL/2
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NOTIFICATION TOTRIPS COUNCIL BYNEW ZEALAND
OFAMENDING LEGISLATION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Name oflegislation
Copyright Amendment Act19961
Type oflegislation
Amendment Act
Date ofentry intoforce
1October 1996 (seeseparate notification below inrespect toCopyright Amendment Act
Commencement Order 1996)
Purpose oflegislation
TheAmendment changes Section 136oftheCopyright Act1994 which provides fornotices
tobegiven totheChief Executive ofCustoms regarding theimport ofpirated copyright items.
TheAmendment willnowenable notices tocover more thanoneiteminanotice. Previously
anotice could onlycover oneitem. TheAmendment alsoreplaced references totheComptroller
ofCustoms withChief Executive.
Contact forenquiries
Intellectual Property Rights Group, Ministry ofCommerce, Wellington, NewZealand.
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NOTIFICATION TOTRIPS COUNCIL BYNEW ZEALAND
OFAMENDING LEGISLATION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Name oflegislation
Copyright Amendment ActCommencement Order 19962
Type oflegislation
Regulation
Date ofentry intoforce
1October 1996
Purpose oflegislation
Tobring intoforce theCopyright Amendment Act1996 (seeseparate notification above)
Contact forenquiries
Intellectual Property Rights Group, Ministry ofCommerce, Wellington, NewZealand
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NOTIFICATION TOTRIPS COUNCIL BYNEW ZEALAND
OFAMENDING LEGISLATION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Name oflegislation
Copyright (Border Protection) Regulations 1994, Amendment No.13
Type oflegislation
Amending Regulation
Date ofentry intoforce
1October 1996
Purpose oflegislation
Togiveeffect totheCopyright Amendment Act1996 (seeseparate notification above) by
amending theassociated regulations which prescribe theform ofthenotices required tobe
submitted toNewZealand Customs interms ofSection 136oftheCopyright Act.
Contact forenquiries
Intellectual Property Rights Group, Ministry ofCommerce, Wellington, NewZealand
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NOTIFICATION TOTRIPS COUNCIL BYNEW ZEALAND
OFAMENDING LEGISLATION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Name oflegislation
Copyright (General Matters) Regulations 1995, Amendment No.14
Type oflegislation
Amending Regulation
Date ofentry intoforce
21October 1996
Purpose oflegislation
Section 69oftheCopyright Act1994 contains aspecial limited exception which allows
prescribed bodies tomake modified copies oforiginal works forsupply tothose withaprint
disability. Regulation 5oftheabove regulations specifies theprescribed bodies forthepurposes
ofSection 69oftheCopyright Act.
These amending regulations addthree newbodies tothelist(b,danderefer).
Contact forenquiries
Intellectual Property Rights Group, Ministry ofCommerce, Wellington, NewZealand
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NOTIFICATION TOTRIPS COUNCIL BYNEW ZEALAND
OFAMENDING LEGISLATION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Name oflegislation
Trade Marks Amendment Act19965
Type oflegislation
Amendment Act
Date ofentry intoforce
2September 1996
Purpose oflegislation
TomakesomemiscellaneousamendmentstotheTradeMarksAct1953,principallyasfollow-up
amendments tothose contained intheTrade Marks Amendment Act1994. The1994 Act
amended theTrade Marks Act1953 inorder tocomply withtheTRIPS Agreement.
Contact forenquiries
Intellectual Property Rights Group, Ministry ofCommerce, Wellington, NewZealand
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NOTIFICATION TOTRIPS COUNCIL BYNEW ZEALAND
OFAMENDING LEGISLATION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Name oflegislation
Geographical Indications Amendment Act19966
Type oflegislation
Amendment Act
Date ofentry intoforce
2September 1996
Purpose oflegislation
Toamend theGeographical Indications Act1994 sothatthefeestructure forNewZealand
applicants seeking todetermine, alterorremove aNewZealand geographical indication in
respect totheRegister, reflects theactual costofdoing so.
Contact forenquiries
Intellectual Property Rights Group, Ministry ofCommerce, Wellington, NewZealand
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NOTIFICATION TOTRIPS COUNCIL BYNEW ZEALAND
OFAMENDING LEGISLATION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Name oflegislation
Designs Amendment Act19967
Type oflegislation
Amendment Act
Date ofentry intoforce
2September 1996
Purpose oflegislation
Tomake some miscellaneous amendments totheDesigns Act1953. Theamendments donot
affect NewZealand 'sTRIPS obligations.
Contact forenquiries
Intellectual Property Rights Group, Ministry ofCommerce, Wellington, NewZealand
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NOTIFICATION TOTRIPS COUNCIL BYNEW ZEALAND
OFAMENDING LEGISLATION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Name oflegislation
Patents Amendment Act19968
Type oflegislation
Amendment Act
Date ofentry intoforce
2September 1996
Purpose oflegislation
Tomake some miscellaneous amendments tothePatents Act1953. None oftheamendments
relate toTRIPS Agreement provisions.
Contact forenquiries
Intellectual Property Rights Group, Ministry ofCommerce, Wellington, NewZealand
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NOTIFICATION TOTRIPS COUNCIL BYNEW ZEALAND
OFAMENDING LEGISLATION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Name oflegislation
Plant Variety Rights Amendment Act19969
Type oflegislation
Amendment Act
Date ofentry intoforce
2September 1996
Purpose oflegislation
Tomake some miscellaneous amendments tothePlant Variety Rights Act1987.
Contact forenquiries
Intellectual Property Rights Group, Ministry ofCommerce, Wellington, NewZealand
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NOTIFICATION TOTRIPS COUNCIL BYNEW ZEALAND
OFAMENDING LEGISLATION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Name oflegislation
Patents, Designs andTrade Marks Convention Order 199610
Type oflegislation
Regulation
Date ofentry intoforce
24October 1996
Purpose oflegislation
Toreplace the1994Order byadding 18newmembers oftheParisConvention fortheProtection
ofIndustrial Property which provides forthem tobetreated as"Convention" countries for
thepurposes ofNewZealand 'sPatents Act1953, Trade Marks Act1953 andtheDesigns
Act1953.
Contact forenquiries
Intellectual Property Rights Group, Ministry ofCommerce, Wellington, NewZealand.
10Thetextofthislawcanbefound indocument IP/N/1/NZL/I/1/Add.1.