Patents Act 1990 (Australia)

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The Patents Act 1990 (Australia) is the primary legislation governing the granting, scope, and enforcement of patent rights in Australia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Patents Act 1990 (Australia) canonical 2
Patents Act 1990 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament ⓘ
Australian federal statute ⓘ
patent law statute ⓘ
abolished innovation patents system ⓘ
abolishedEffectiveDate 2021-08-26 ⓘ
administeredBy Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources ⓘ
IP Australia ⓘ
amendedBy Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Act 2018 (Australia) ⓘ
Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 2 and Other Measures) Act 2020 (Australia) ⓘ
Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 (Australia) ⓘ
Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 2006 (Australia) ⓘ
commencementDate 1991-04-30 ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
defines innovation patents ⓘ
innovative step ⓘ
inventive step ⓘ
manner of manufacture ⓘ
novelty requirement ⓘ
patent term extension ⓘ
patentable invention ⓘ
standard patents ⓘ
enforcedBy Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia ⓘ
Federal Court of Australia ⓘ
implementedBy Patents Regulations 1991 (Australia) ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArea intellectual property law ⓘ
patent law ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Australia ⓘ
longTitle An Act relating to patents of inventions ⓘ
providesFor Crown use of patented inventions ⓘ
compulsory licences in the public interest ⓘ
examination of patent applications ⓘ
exclusive licences ⓘ
extension of term for certain pharmaceutical patents ⓘ
infringement actions ⓘ
opposition proceedings ⓘ
patent applications ⓘ
patent assignments ⓘ
patent registers ⓘ
remedies for infringement ⓘ
revocation proceedings ⓘ
relatedTo Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ
TRIPS Agreement ⓘ
replaced Patents Act 1952 (Australia) ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1990-09-30 ⓘ
setsMaximumTerm 20 years for standard patents ⓘ
shortTitle Patents Act 1990 ⓘ
subjectMatter Crown use of patents ⓘ
compulsory licences ⓘ
enforcement of patents ⓘ
exclusive licences ⓘ
grant of patents ⓘ
patent oppositions ⓘ
patent revocation ⓘ
patent rights ⓘ
patent term ⓘ
patentable inventions ⓘ
scope of patent protection ⓘ
yearEnacted 1990 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian Patent Office → appliesLegalFramework → Patents Act 1990 (Australia) ⓘ
Patents Act 1990 (Australia) → shortTitle → Patents Act 1990 ⓘ
linked to: Patents Act 1990 (Australia)
Patents Regulations 1991 (Australia) → enablingAct → Patents Act 1990 (Australia) ⓘ