Main recommendations
The system of registered design rights needs to be improved by clearer definitions, stricter eligibility and infringement tests, a more streamlined registration system, and better enforcement and dispute resolution procedures.
The provisions in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) dealing with the overlap between designs and copyright should be simplified.
The introduction of broad, unregistered anti-copying law should be considered in the context of Australia's intellectual property laws as a whole.