PATENTS ACT 1990 - SECT 200 Privileges
PATENTS ACT 1990 - SECT 200
Privileges(1) A registered patent attorney:
(a) is entitled to prepare all documents, transact all business and conduct all proceedings for the purposes of this Act; and
(b) has such other rights and privileges as are prescribed.
(2) A communication made for the dominant purpose of a registered patent attorney providing intellectual property advice to a client is privileged in the same way, and to the same extent, as a communication made for the dominant purpose of a legal practitioner providing legal advice to a client.
(2A) A record or document made for the dominant purpose of a registered patent attorney providing intellectual property advice to a client is privileged in the same way, and to the same extent, as a record or document made for the dominant purpose of a legal practitioner providing legal advice to a client.
(2B) A reference in subsection (2) or (2A) to a registered patent attorney includes a reference to an individual authorised to do patents work under a law of another country or region, to the extent to which the individual is authorised to provide intellectual property advice of the kind provided.
(2C) Intellectual property advice means advice in relation to:
(d) plant breeder's rights; or
(3) Nothing in this section authorises a registered patent
attorney to prepare a document to be issued from or filed in a court or to
transact business, or conduct proceedings, in a court.