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Software and the New Zealand Patents Bill
Posted on 15/05/2013 by
In response to concerns from local ICT industry sources that the currently worded Patents Bill would have allowed software to be patentable and hindered innovation, a new supplementary protection order (SOP) has been issued here. Read More
TPP and the exclusion of computer programs from patentability
Posted on 14/12/2011 by
Paul Matthews, the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Computer Society, has expressed concern in the National Business Review over the possible reconsideration of the exclusion of computer programs from patent protection. Read More
Re-Compute - Patentability of Software in New Zealand Clarified, Again
Posted on 26/07/2011 by
Following widespread criticism of the draft guidelines put forward earlier in the year, the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) has released an Explanatory Note to clarify how the proposed exclusion from patentability of software inventions should be implemented... Read More
Government maintains its hard line on software patents
Posted on 23/07/2010 by
Recent rumours that there could be a re-wording of the exclusion of computer programs from patentability have been quashed by Commerce Minister Simon Power. Read More
Patenting software in New Zealand – in or out?
Posted on 08/07/2010
As is the case in Australia, New Zealand's patent law is currently being revised, though the New Zealand reforms are much further through the parliamentary system. Read More
Software to be excluded from Patentability in New Zealand
Posted on 04/06/2010 by
Progress towards an updated Patents Act in New Zealand took another step forward late last month with the issuing of the Commerce Select Committee's report on the draft Patents Bill (reported recently in MIP). Read More
Software patents questioned
Posted on 27/11/2009 by
Sectors of the software industry have voiced their concerns over the patent-eligibility of software as part of the review process of the Patents Bill, claiming that patents for software stifle rather than promote innovation. Read More
Software Debate Continues
Posted on 24/09/2009 by
There has been much debate and controversy in recent month's surrounding the proposed changes to New Zealand copyright law, particularly s92A which initially required ISPs to disconnect customers after 3 allegations of copyright infringement, with little or no... Read More