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July - 2010

Breaking news – are software patents in New Zealand a thing of the past?

POSTED BY: Jonathan Lucas     ON: 16 July 2010

New Zealand’s Minister of Commerce yesterday confirmed that computer programs will be excluded from patentability in the new Patents Act, but inventions for embedded software will be allowed.

Lost in the dark: the utility of patent office guidelines once again called into question

POSTED BY: Ian Finch     ON: 02 July 2010

A recent decision of the High Court has once again cast doubt on the applicability of the Intellectual Property Office's published Guidelines for seeking extensions of time for taking steps in patent proceedings.

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