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Supplementary Order Paper No 120

Schedule 2, Part 1

In Schedule 2, Part 1, items relating to the Designs Act 1953, replace the items relating to sections 7(1), 9(2), 25(1), 25(2), 29(1), 30(1), (2), and (4), 32(2), 37(1), and 37A(2)(a) (lines 13 to 34 on page 170) with:

Section 7(1): omit “at the Patent Office” and substitute “with the Commissioner”.

Section 9(2): omit “at the Patent Office” and substitute “by the public”.

Section 25(1): omit “at the Patent Office”.

Section 25(2): omit “sealed with the seal of the Patent Office”.

Section 29(1): omit “the Patent Office” and substitute “the Commissioner”.

Section 30(1), (2), and (4): omit “at the Patent Office” and substitute in each case “by the public”.

Section 32(2): repeal and substitute:

  • “(2) A copy of, or an extract from, any entry in the register of designs or of any document that is registered or otherwise kept by the Commissioner that purports to be certified as a true copy or extract by the Commissioner is admissible in evidence in legal proceedings as if it were the original.”

Section 37(1): omit “in the Patent Office” and substitute “by the Commissioner”.

Section 37A(2)(a): omit “to the Patent Office, by post or otherwise,”.

In Schedule 2, Part 1, item relating to new section 45A of the Designs Act 1953, delete new section 45A(2) (lines 32 to 35 on page 171).

In Schedule 2, Part 1, item relating to new section 45A(3) of the Designs Act 1953, delete “also” (line 1 on page 172).

In Schedule 2, Part 1, item relating to the Designs Act 1953, replace the item relating to section 46(2)(a), (c), and (f) (lines 5 and 6 on page 172) with:

Section 46(2)(a) and (f): omit “Patent Office” and substitute “Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand”.

Section 46(2)(c): omit “at the Patent Office” and substitute “with the Commissioner”.

In Schedule 2, Part 1, after the item relating to the Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act 1981 (after line 3 on page 173), insert:

Limitation Act 2010 (2010 No 110)

Section 5(1): insert after paragraph (b):

  • “(ba) a claim in respect of an infringement after the complete specification becomes open to public inspection and before the patent is granted under the Patents Act 2008—the date on which the patent was granted; and”.

Patents Act 1953 (1953 No 64)

Section 2(1): insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:

“IPONZ means the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand”.

Section 2(1): repeal the definition of Journal and substitute:

“journal means the journal published under section 254 of the Patents Act 2008”.

New section 2A: insert the following section after section 2:

“2A Act preserved for patent attorney provisions

  • “(1) This Act continues to govern patent attorneys and their registration.

    “(2) The Patents Act 2008 governs patents and patent applications (but see subpart 6 of Part 6 of that Act as to the continued application of repealed provisions of this Act for transitional purposes).

    “(3) This section is intended only as a guide to the general scheme and effect of these Acts.”

Section 89(1): omit “sealed with the seal of the Patent Office and”.

Section 89(2): omit “in the Patent Office or of any patent, or an extract from any such register or document, sealed with the seal of the Patent Office, and” and substitute “by IPONZ, or an extract from that register or document,”.

Section 89(3): omit “Journal” and substitute “journal”.

Section 100(1): omit “the Patent Office” and substitute “IPONZ”.

Section 101(1)(a): insert “the Patents Act 2008 and” after “the purposes of”.

Section 102(1): omit “the Patent Office” and substitute “IPONZ”.

Section 103(3)(b): omit “this Act or of” and substitute “the Patents Act 2008, this Act, or”.

Section 103(5): insert “the Patents Act 2008 or” after “proceedings under”.

In Schedule 2, Part 1, replace the item relating to the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 (lines 24 to 27 on page 173) with:

Summary Proceedings Act 1957 (1957 No 87)

Item relating to the Patents Act 1953 in Part 2 of Schedule 1: omit the items relating to sections 25(6) and 26(8).

Part 2 of Schedule 1: insert the following item after the item relating to the Patents Act 1953:

Patents Act 2008131Breach of secrecy as to certain inventions

In Schedule 2, Part 1, item relating to new section 189 of the Trade Marks Act 2002, delete new section 189(2) (lines 22 to 25 on page 176).

In Schedule 2, Part 1, item relating to new section 189(3) of the Trade Marks Act 2002, delete “also” (line 26 on page 176).

In Schedule 2, Part 1, after the last item relating to section 199 of the Trade Marks Act 2002 (after line 11 on page 177), insert:

Section 199A(a): omit “Patent Office” and substitute “Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand”.

Section 199A(c): omit “Patent Office” and substitute “Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand”.