Possible implications of TPPA on New Zealand IT industry

1. Here is a list of readings about speculation on TPP’s  impact on NZ’s booming IT industry.

2. IT IP IITP review

3. Dave Lane – will TPPA undo NZ’s software patent law?

4. Ian Taylor, President of New Zealand’s largest IT representative body The Institute of IT Professionals NZ and CEO of Dunedin tech firm Animation Research Ltd, has written to Trade Minister Tim Groser re-raising concerns about the possible impact of TPP on the technology industry.

5. Leaked drafts of the TPP’s controversial intellectual property chapter indicate only Mexico remained fighting against a provision requiring signatories support patent protection for software.

6. Australia IP reviews; A number of existing and prospective trade agreements, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), have generated concern among advocates for reform of Australia’s intellectual property regime because of the potential to lock the country into more restrictive IP rules.

7. CIO magazine: there is some ability [for NZ] to obtain concessions on IP issues. We will be watching the next steps with interest.

8. Electronic Freedom Foundation: Our Last Stand Against Undemocratic International Agreements That Ratchet up Term Lengths and Devastate the Public Domain

9. Software troll Impact on NZ company in US