Bubendorf 1 December 2023 …and they’re off and running… So finally, the long-awaited UPC is under way. It’s been a long journey – consider that the initial impetus was back in the dim, distant past. I checked my Oddfellow archive
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Relief beyond belief… Bubendorf, 15 May 2023 The great exhaling you heard recently came from CIPA. The UK’s application to join the CPTPP caused a great deal of nervousness, not because of the UK’s distance from the Pacific and the
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11 December 2022 And so, it begins… …well, eventually. All of the nefarious schemes that were supposed to derail the
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Oddfellow 15 July 2022 Here come de judges… So, appointment of judges for the UPC has started. Apparently 90 appointments
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In 2021 the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources released an independent review that considered issues in relation to
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Oddfellow 2022_1 Bubendorf 6 March 2022 We appear to be on our way, at last… Barring minor inconveniences, such as
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Oddfellow 2021_3 Bubendorf 25 November 2021 Exams drive us up the wall What is the fairest test of
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The New Zealand Patent Office (IPONZ) has historically applied a strict and rigid stance on what constitutes double patenting. However,
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AGL v Greenpeace AGL, an Australian energy company, used the logo: AGL claimed ownership of the copyright in this logo
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In Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v Sandoz Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 947, the Federal Court has determined that a
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The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia recently considered the reasonable trial grace period in Fuchs Lubricants (Australasia)
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Nearly three years ago, we reported on a decision of the Australian Designs Office that suggested that the automatically generated
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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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Oddfellow 2021_2 Bubendorf, 19 July 2021 Hooly dooly! It’s happening! Well, OK, a substantial step towards its happening has been
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The validity of an Australian design registration requires that the registered owner is properly entitled to the design rights. The
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On 18 June 2021, the Full Court of the Federal Court confirmed in Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc v Sequenom, Inc [2021]
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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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Fearless Girl is the name of a bronze statue of a strong and confident girl created by Kristen Visbal and
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Anyone seeking to commercialise a product in Australia faces the seemingly impossible task of determining whether they are likely to
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On 27-28 February 2016 the 33rd Annual IPTA and IP Australia weekend was held in Yarrawonga. It was, as always,
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Oddfellow 2021_01 Bubendorf 22 February 2021 This is the end, my friend.. …this is the end, my only friend, the
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Oddfellow 2020_03 27 November 2020 Off and running again (??) The Never-Ending Story that is the UPC, that is. As
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Interesting times… Bubendorf 31, July 2020 …wasn’t that an old Chinese curse? (Another one???). It’s almost August and I haven’t
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This is the end, my friend, This is the end, my only friend, the end… Bubendorf, 21 March 2020
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I’m still waiting for Brexit… Bubendorf, 6 December 2019 Every time I propose to visit my mother in Belfast, I
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But is it plausible? Bubendorf 23 August 2019 Nowhere in the EPC will you find that plausibility is a ground
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With apologies to Stephen Foster… O, de Kemptthal chemists sing dis song… Hoo-hah! Hoo-hah! De Kemptthal site is 1 K
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For the past year, IPTA has been actively lobbying the Government to retain the innovation patent system. This work has
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Trouble (still) at t’mill… Bubendorf 28 November 2018 So, are things any happier in EPO-land since the disappearance of Benny
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Bubendorf 17 August 2018 The myth of global warming… Ha, ha, I thought, as I sat sweltering in stifling heat
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Dübendorf 16 May 2018 Post haste I file my priority applications in the UK (cheap – although as of recently
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The Patent Examiner’s Manual on Computer Implemented Inventions1 sets out a number of considerations to assist in determining whether a
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In the early 1980s (adopts Maurice Chevalier accent – “Ah yes, I remember eet well”), a senior CSIRO official (who
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CIPA has recently published a new animated video short “European Patent Work Unaffected By Brexit”. This was produced in response
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November – Responding to the Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board’s Draft Codes of Conduct (see IPTA’s submissions by clicking here) November
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Problem with PDF Documents Filed with IP Australia IPTA has identified a problem with PDF documents, including patent
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Oddfellow Bubendorf 21 November 2017 Ding, dong, the witch is dead (?) From mid-2018, the EPO will have a new
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Your IPTA Councillors will be reviewing the Draft Code of Conduct 2018 and other materials recently published by the Trans-Tasman
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If you have filed a patent application in New Zealand under the new Act (i.e. the 2013 Act) and are
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Bubendorf 30 June 2017 Further indications of antiquity… As a 70th birthday present, I got a letter from the Motorfahrzeugkontrolle
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Bubendorf 6 April 2017 Antonomasia That’s my word for the day. Up to recently, I‘d never heard of it. According
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On the weekend of 7-8 March 2017, representatives of IPTA and IP Australia met in N-E Victoria to take part
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Bubendorf, 2 December 2016 Well, I’ll go to the foot of our stairs… This is what a Liverpudlian acquaintance used
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Bubendorf 22 September 2016 Well, a lot of effluent has flowed under the bridge since last I wrote, so here
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This decision, by Kenny, Nicholas and Beach JJ was on an appeal by PMG from a decision by Middleton J
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The trade mark MONOPOLY® identifies one of the world’s favourite board games. There are several versions, including “The Junior”, “Classic”,
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Bubendorf 9 February 2015 Trying out a healthcare system is not something one normally does just for the fun of
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