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The big hot topic is New Zealand Patents Bill 235. May 2013: new text might block software patents.

Contents 1 Patents Bill 2009 (as of 2012, still ongoing) 2 Unifying examination with Australia 2012 3 Patent office decisions 4 Legislative process 5 Related pages on en.swpat.org 6 External links 6.1 Government institutions 6.2 Other 7 References

[edit] Patents Bill 2009 (as of 2012, still ongoing)

(See also: New Zealand Patents Bill 235)

[edit] Unifying examination with Australia 2012

In 2012, the government published a the Building Innovation^[1] report. The only relevant mention of patents was one general statement:

Passing the Patents Bill will align our patent laws more closely with those of our trading partners and international best practice.

"aligning with trading partners" could be a euphemism for taking orders from the USA, or it could be innocuous.

[edit] Patent office decisions

The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) is responsible for examining patent applications.

In 2005, they approved an application for using a computer with an XML word-processor document, displayed with an XML Schema Definition, using software with the functionality of "parsing, modifying, reading, and creating the word-processor document".^{[2] [3]}

To search for patents on the NZIPO website, go to their search page:

• http://www.iponz.govt.nz/cms/patents/banner_template/IPPATENT

Then fill in one or more fields and go back to the top of the page and click "Submit query".

[edit] Legislative process

• The legislative process

A "SOP" is a Supplementary Order Paper, which is an amendment.

[edit] Related pages on en.swpat.org

• Organising a campaign
• Studies on economics and innovation
• Software patents harm SMEs
• IBM and MS deciding New Zealand legislation

[edit] External links

[edit] Government institutions

• parliament.govt.nz - the official government website where legislative procedures can be followed
• Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand, the national patent office

[edit] Other

• Masters thesis on patents in NZ, by Joel W Pauling
• IPwatch service of InternetNZ
• 2003 comments by InternetNZ regarding swpats in NZ
• FFII page with details about New Zealand, archived since 2005
• New Zealand Open Source Society - an organisation representing one sector that would be harmed by software patents
• AIPLA: Info about software and business method patents in NZ
• ...a post-patent environment, May 26th 2010, ComputerWolrdNZ

[edit] References