Australia’s Extension-of-Time Policy in Patent Oppositions

10/02/23

Time for a Change? Australia has a pre-grant patent opposition procedure.  This means that, after a patent application has been

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New Zealand surrenders its strict stance on double patenting

08/11/21

The New Zealand Patent Office (IPONZ) has historically applied a strict and rigid stance on what constitutes double patenting. However,

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Using a company’s logo to criticise the company

03/11/21

AGL v Greenpeace AGL, an Australian energy company, used the logo: AGL claimed ownership of the copyright in this logo

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The Australian Federal Court removes a pharmaceutical patent term extension because of the patentee’s own earlier registered goods

27/10/21

In Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v Sandoz Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 947, the Federal Court has determined that a

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FALL FROM GRACE: Full Federal Court considers reasonable trial grace period and finds two patents invalid

20/07/21

The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia recently considered the reasonable trial grace period in Fuchs Lubricants (Australasia)

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‘Confidentiality Notices’ at the end of emails are not (completely) pointless

20/07/21

Nearly three years ago, we reported on a decision of the Australian Designs Office that suggested that the automatically generated

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Judicial Review finds PTEs based on third party products to be “manifestly absurd”

20/07/21

The Federal Court of Australia recently conducted a Judicial Review of Australia’s patent term extension (PTE) provisions and found that

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Lack of Entitlement breaks glass vase design

16/07/21

The validity of an Australian design registration requires that the registered owner is properly entitled to the design rights. The

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Diagnostic tests that rely on a naturally occurring phenomena patent eligible in Australia

16/07/21

On 18 June 2021, the Full Court of the Federal Court confirmed in Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc v Sequenom, Inc [2021]

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Song plays on for ‘The Jazz Corner’ after ‘The Corner’ falls short in trade mark dispute

16/07/21

While jazz outliers might invoke Miles Davis’s album ‘On the Corner’ and rock aficionados would be quick to cite Creedance

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