Patents (Advancement Patents) Amendment Bill

Member's bill

About this bill

This bill seeks to enhance New Zealand's innovative performance by providing intellectual property protection rights to advancements that are novel, useful and non-obvious that may or may not qualify as an invention for the standard patent.

Voting method

Party voting: Parties decided whether or not to support this bill and cast votes on behalf of all their MPs.

Read the bill

Bill text: Patents (Advancement Patents) Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)

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Member responsible

Parmjeet Parmar

ACT List MP

Progress

Defeated

This Bill has been defeated in a vote of MPs, which means that it will not be progressing and will not become law.

Votes

1st reading

Defeated

8 August 2018

57

Ayes

63

Noes

0

Abst.

0

Abse.

Only reading votes are shown here; these votes determine whether the Bill progresses through Parliament. Other votes, such as votes on whether to amend parts of the Bill, can be seen in Hansard.

Bill details last synced with the Parliament website about 2 years ago.
(23 March 2023 at 00:00 GMT+00:00)