Friday, May 13, 2005
via IPWar's: ACIP recommendation of introducing protection in the trade marks act for 'national icons' rejected
Good news indeed: ACIP's idea (pdf report) of introducing a 'non-exclusive' trade mark (whatever that is) to protect 'national icons' (whatever they are) has been rejected (pdf) (phew) by the government. It's a fairly resounding blasting of the ACIP idea, by the way: the ACIP recommendations, according to the government:
- inconsistent with current law;
- would have the potential to cause considerable confusion for consumers, and could result in the removal of some consumer protection;
- could not operate effectively in practice
- would introduce complexity, and considerable administration costs.
OK, so it doesn't pass the laugh test in terms of the current law, would be complex, and confusing to consumers. It seems it was a highly unfortunate recommendation, really.
I'm quite relieved to see the government shying away from introducing legislative complexity.
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