Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FOREIGN STATES IMMUNITIES ACT 1985 - SECT 15

             (1)  A foreign State is not immune in a proceeding in so far as the proceeding concerns:

                     (a)  the ownership of a copyright or the ownership, or the registration or protection in Australia , of an invention, a design or a trade mark;

                     (b)  an alleged infringement by the foreign State in Australia of copyright, a patent for an invention, a registered trade mark or a registered design; or

                     (c)  the use in Australia of a trade name or a business name.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the importation into Australia , or the use in Australia , of property otherwise than in the course of or for the purposes of a commercial transaction as defined by subsection 11(3).