Trademarks And Copyright
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 12:02 pm
Article: ParliamentToday.co.nz
Trademarks And Copyright
Following Question Time
today MPs will debate the third reading of the Trade Marks
Amendment Bill and the Copyright Amendment Bill (No 2) which
were formerly the Trade Marks (International Treaties and
Enforcement) Amendment Bill.
Then the committee stage of
the Local Government Borrowing Bill will
follow.
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