This book addresses two core questions: what is the law in New Zealand when it comes to patents and what is the policy behind the law?
These seemingly simple questions are both complex and sometimes even unanswerable in the New Zealand context. Using Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand decisions, case law, international treaties, government documents and scholarly writings, this book examines the operations and details of the patent system.
Highlighted in the book are changes to the law introduced by the Patents Act 2013; the dearth of appellate decisions in the field; and the lack of any clear policy goals other than largely unsubstantiated references to innovation.
Patent Law and Policy indicates how gaps in the law might be filled and suggests directions that New Zealand might take in patent law and policy, in light of its particular situation as a predominantly patent-importing and small-market economy.
A must-have for practitioners, scholars and students alike, the book includes cutting edge discussion of international legal developments, M?ori interests and the patent system, and trade agreements.
