New Zealand: Introduced Commerce Amendment Bill including measures on removal of IP exceptions
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Introduced Commerce Amendment Bill including measures on removal of IP exceptions
On 9 March 2021, the New Zealand Parliament introduced amendments to the Commerce Act 1986 (No. 9-3), which reduces intellectual property protections and expands the market power prohibition. It removes current protections of IP agreements and enfor…
Scope
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2021-03-09
under deliberation
2022-03-30
adopted