The US District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled that the USPTO's proposed rule changes (see below) are void as they are substantive in nature and the USPTO is not empowered to make substantive rules.
Case review - Polo/Lauren Company L.P. v Ziliani Holdings Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 49
Date:
11 February 2008
Summary:
The Federal Court has confirmed that the door is now shut to trade mark owners seeking to use copyright in a mark or label as a means of preventing parallel importation in the recent decision of Rares J in The Polo/Lauren Company L.P. v Ziliani Holdings Pty Ltd.
Case review - Granting a licence to harvest trees may amount to contributory infringement of a patent
Date:
26 November 2007
Summary:
Collins v Northern Territory [2007] FCAFC 152.
A majority of the Full Federal Court held that the NT's grant of a licence to harvest certain trees amounted to a supply of those trees, so the NT's conduct could be contributory infringement under s 117.
On 17 October, 2007, the Patents Amendment Regulations 2007 (No 1) removed the obligation to lodge certain official search results with the Patent Office in respect to all future (after 22 October) and many pending applications
The partners and staff of Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick were devastated to learn of the sudden death of our friend and colleague, Tony Price, yesterday evening.
Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd, represented by Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick Lawyers, has recently succeeded in its second (and final) appeal to the High Court of Australia against Doric Products Pty Ltd.
On 26 April 2007 the High Court of Australia handed down its decision in the Burge v Swarbrick case setting aside a finding of copyright infringement made by the Full Federal Court.
PO&F client, LabTech Systems Ltd, signs worldwide license agreement
Date:
19 April 2007
Summary:
LabTech Systems Ltd, a listed Australian health care equipment and services company, and bioMérieux, a French-based world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announced today that they have signed an exclusive worldwide license agreement.
The partners of Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick are pleased to announce the promotion of five staff to Associate effective 1 July 2006. The appointments are:
Adrian Crooks - Phillips Ormonde & Fit...
The winners of the daily prize draw at CeBIT 2006 were:
HiMac Computers
Yossi Biton - Bico Designs Pty Ltd
Vish Viswanathan - CC and C Solutions Pty Ltd...
Two teams of three members represented PO&F in the Adelaide BRW Triathlon. Each PO&F athlete participated in the “sprint version” of the event against approximately 80 other teams. The “sprint versi...
BP Ultimate/BRW Corporate Triathlon - National Series 2006
Date:
17 March, 2006
Summary:
The BP Ultimate/BRW Corporate Triathlon was held at Elwood Beach in Melbourne on Sunday 5 March. The perfect weather conditions saw over 5,000 competitors participate in a 400m swim, 10km cycle and 4k...
Competition to find the best new Australian products and innovations
Date:
15 February, 2006
Summary:
Inventors can compete to have their product judged as the “Next Big Thing” through an award launched by INNOVIC, the Victorian state government-supported invention organisation.
PO&F was one of four Australian firms shortlisted for the asialaw IP awards.
The firm was the only one of the four to focus solely on intellectual property....
