The 18-month phase out period of the innovation patent commenced in February 2020 which means that those interested in filing an innovation patent now have until 25 August 2021 to do so.
Innovation Patent System Phase Out
The Australian Federal Government’s recently proposed legislation to phase out the innovation patent system. An innovation patent is similar to Utility Model protection that is provided in a limited number of other countries. Unlike Standard Patent protection, an Innovation Patent has been useful to protect innovations that may lack inventive...