Designs Amendment News Today

A review of the most significant recent legal developments and trends affecting intellectual property owners in Australia, along with future prospects.

Australia’s Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Act 2021 (Amendment Act) received Royal Assent on September 10, 2021.

Australia: Designs Amendment Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response Bill 2020 received Royal Assent on 10 September 2021, including much-anticipated change to implement a grace period that will allow designers to publish their designs before applying for design protection.

Bill), with important changes to designs law, is currently before Senate for consideration. It includes a much-anticipated change to implement a grace period that will allow designers to publish their designs before applying for design protection. Presently to get an enforceable design right, the design must be “new and distinctive”, meaning that the design must not have been disclosed publicly before the design was filed. For many businesses, this non-publication requirement has made the ...