Cigarette branding ban will cause damage

Moves to ban cigarette branding from packets have the potential to seriously damage tobacco companies and New Zealand's trademark laws.

Exporting copyright: Inside the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership

Meet "ACTA plus," and the people trying to stop it.

Tobacco group denounces 'Orwellian' restrictions

THE High Court hearings into the challenge against plain pack cigarettes have concluded with a tobacco industry lawyer describing the Government's defence of its measures as ''Orwellian''.

Understanding The Patent System

A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which can be a product or a process that gives a new technical solution to a problem. In exchange for a full disclosure of the invention, a patent provides protection to the owner of the invention for 20 years.

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Bandar Seri Begawan - A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which can be a product or a process that gives a new technical solution to a problem.