News
July - 2010
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.
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.