IP Legislation

administering the Patent, Trade Marks, Plant Breeder's Rights and Designs Offices, including the powers and functions of the Commissioner of Patents and Registrars of Trade Marks, Plant Breeder's Rights and Designs; establishing and maintaining the patents, trade marks, plant varieties and designs registers making and processing applications for granting standard or innovation patents, granting plant breeder's rights and registering trade marks and designs; charging fees; publishing the Official Journals of Patents, of Trade Marks and of Designs and the Plant Varieties Journal; prescribing the means to take infringement proceedings to protect and enforce rights in patents, registered trade marks, registered plant varieties and registered designs; registering patent and trade marks attorneys and prescribing their rights of practice; accrediting approved persons to supervise and verify plant breeder’s rights applications; prescribing the right of review of decisions of the Commissioner and Registrars by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and prescribing the jurisdiction of courts in appeals against decisions of the Commissioner and the Registrars.