Bill
Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Bill 2014
passed, as at 2014-05-27. Sport portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Sport
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-03-26
- second reading — 2014-03-26
- second reading — 2014-05-14
- second reading — 2014-05-14
- third reading — 2014-05-14
- introduced — 2014-05-14
- second reading — 2014-05-14
- second reading — 2014-05-15
- second reading — 2014-05-15
- third reading — 2014-05-15
- passed — 2014-05-15
- royal assent — 2014-05-27
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2014-03-26.
This bill stops businesses from using event logos and images without permission for the Asian Cup 2015, Cricket World Cup 2015, and Commonwealth Games 2018.
It gives the Customs CEO power to seize infringing goods at the border, similar to existing trade mark and copyright laws.
The protection ends on 30 June 2015 for the Asian Cup, 31 March 2016 for the Cricket World Cup, and 31 December 2018 for the Commonwealth Games.
- The bill bans unauthorised commercial use of protected indicia and images.
- It allows the Customs CEO to seize infringing goods at the border.
- It exempts use for information, criticism, or review.
- It provides remedies like injunctions, damages, corrective advertising, and seizure of goods.
- It protects existing contractual agreements between states, territories, and authorising bodies.
Event owners, sponsors, businesses, the public, and the Customs CEO.
Sources
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