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• Review: Patents Act Stage 3

The Associate Minister of Commerce, Hon Judith Tizard released a statement on 6 August 2003 outlining the progress of the review so far with the following Cabinet Papers:

• Review of the Patents Act 1953 Stage 3: Part 1
  Review of the Patents Act 1953 Stage 3: Boundaries to Patentability: Draft Patents Bill
• Review of the Patents Act 1953 Stage 3: Part 2
  Review of the Patents Act 1953 Stage 3: Boundaries to Patentability: Draft Patents Bill
• Review of the Patents Act Stage 3, Part 3: Māori Consultative Committee for the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
  Review of the Patents Act 1953 Stage 3: Boundaries to Patentability: Draft Patents Bill

Also announced was the progress relating to the review of the Plant Variety Rights Act 1987.