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  • Scoping Study on Stand-alone Legislation for Indigenous Knowledge

    A Final Report on a scoping study into stand-alone legislation to protect Indigenous Knowledge is now available. The scoping study documents can all be downloaded here . This Final Report completes a scoping study overseen by the cross-department Indigenous Knowledge Working Group (IKWG) on potential elements of stand-alone legislation that would support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to protect and commercialise their Indigenous Knowledge... More
    Closed 9 November 2022
  • Plant Breeder's Rights - University of Queensland independent research reports

    From 21 December 2022 to 14 April 2023, IP Australia sought stakeholder’s views on six independent reports from the University of Queensland (UQ) on the plant breeder’s rights (PBR) system. The reports explored the following issues: Information Notice Scheme Exhaustion of PBR Harvested material Labelling requirements Plant variety names and synonyms ... More
    Closed 14 April 2023
  • Fee Review 2023/2024

    IP Australia is undertaking a fee review during the 2023-24 financial year. The aim of this review is to assess the entity’s cost recovery arrangements, in accordance with the Australian Government Charging Framework, and to ensure IP Australia’s fees are consistent, transparent and recover the costs associated with administering the IP Rights system in Australia. IP Australia reviews its fees every 4 years, with our last fee review having been undertaken in the 2019-20 financial... More
    Closed 2 July 2023
  • Enhancing Australian Design Protection

    As part of our commitment to providing Australians with a modern and accessible design rights system, IP Australia is progressing a program of reforms. Between 13 June and 13 August 2023, we conducted a public consultation to explore how the design rights system could accommodate non-physical or virtual products and select parts of products, and provide flexibility for designers in protecting their designs as they evolve. People from design-related professions and industries around... More
    Closed 13 August 2023
  • Fee Review 2023/2024 Draft CRIS Consultation

    IP Australia conducts a review of its fees every 4 years, with the last one occurring in the 2019/20 financial year. Reviewing our fees forms part of the organisation's commitment to ensuring our cost recovery arrangements are in line with the Australian Government Charging Framework. Initial public consultation on our fees and fee structure opened on 24 May 2023 and feedback was accepted until 2 July 2023. All submissions were considered and workshopped by business... More
    Closed 21 January 2024
  • WIPO IGC Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge

    In May 2024, WIPO will host a Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge. This page includes some useful information about this process. We want to hear from anyone interested in international conversations on Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and Intellectual Property (IP), especially Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples , Indigenous industry peak bodies, and IP or IK experts. Key updates: ... More
    Closed 3 May 2024
  • Indigenous Knowledge Panel Pilot

    IP Australia supports the cultural integrity and economic potential of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and is committed to ensuring that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are fully considered within the intellectual property (IP) system. To do this, we need to ensure our policy positions and procedures are directly informed by the views of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. To assist in achieving our commitments and... More
    Closed 7 August 2024
  • WIPO Design Law Treaty

    In November 2024, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will host a Diplomatic Conference to finalise a Design Law Treaty (DLT). A diplomatic conference represents the final stage in a treaty negotiation, after many years of discussions at the international level. The DLT is a procedural treaty. It is designed to create a framework to harmonise administrative procedures for protecting designs in different countries, rather than change the law around what a design right... More
    Closed 22 September 2024
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