Bill

Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 2 and Other Measures) Bill 2019

passed, as at 2020-02-26. Industry, Innovation and Science portfolio.

Sponsor: Not recorded
Portfolio: Industry, Innovation and Science

Recorded stages

introduced — 2019-07-25
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second reading — 2019-07-25
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second reading — 2019-10-16
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second reading — 2019-10-16
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committee — 2019-10-16
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third reading — 2019-10-16
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introduced — 2019-10-16
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second reading — 2020-02-05
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second reading — 2020-02-05
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second reading — 2020-02-05
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third reading — 2020-02-05
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passed — 2020-02-05
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royal assent — 2020-02-26
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Divisions

The majority voted in favour of leaving [schedule 1](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=LEGISLATION;id=legislation%2Fbills%2Fs1216_first-senate%2F0001;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbills%2Fs1216_first-senate%2F0000%22;rec=0) of the bill unchanged. In parliamentary jargon, they voted "*that schedule 1 stand as printed.*" This vote occurred after South Australian Senator [Rex Patrick](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/rex_patrick) (Centre Alliance) [proposed that that schedule](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-10-16.53.1) should be opposed. ### What does schedule 1 do? According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1920a/20bd042), Schedule 1 phases out the innovation patent system: > *The innovation patent was introduced in 2001 to provide a lower cost, lower inventive threshold, shorter term patent to encourage incremental innovation and to be more accessible to small and medium businesses and private inventors.* — 2019-10-16, Senate: affirmative, ayes 42, noes 12
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