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No. 26 of 1998

Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 1998

Public bill · Government · Presented

The measure would make copyright cases easier to prove by setting presumptions about ownership and authorship, while increasing penalties for infringement. It would also change how the Patents Office and its Controller are managed, including fixed terms, retirement and removal rules, and ministerial oversight.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Copyright Act, 1963, and the Patents Act, 1992, and to provide for related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018

Sponsor
  • Tánaiste Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Committee Stage
    Dáil
  • Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Fifth Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
    Seanad
  • Report Stage
    Seanad
  • Fifth Stage
    Seanad Enacted
  • Enacted
    Enacted
Debates
  • Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 1998: From the Seanad.
    Dáil
  • Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Second Stage.
    Seanad
  • Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Motion.
    Seanad
  • Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Committee and Remaining Stages.
    Seanad
  • Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Order for Second Stage.
    Dáil
  • Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Second Stage.
    Dáil
  • Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Second Stage (Resumed)
    Dáil
  • Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 1998: Committee and Remaining Stages.
    Dáil

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