Today, the Sydney Morning Herald have reported that OneSteel have announced their new name, Arrium. Yesterday, an enterprising journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald almost gazumped OneSteel’s annoucement by inspecting the Australian Trade Mark register and finding some pending trademark applications in the name of OneSteel.
The United States Supreme Court has unanimously found that methods for determining an effective amount of a drug to be administered to a patient in need thereof are ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101; overturning an earlier Federal Circuit decision.
An Australian Patent Opposition Round-Up from the Patent Office Journal dated 29 March 2012.
An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 29 March 2012.
On 20 March 2012 the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2012 was passed by the House of Representatives. It is likely that the Bill will receive the Governor General’s assent and become law in the next few weeks.
An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 22 March 2012
WIPO have launched a new PCT feature in which applicants interested in licensing their invention related to their international PCT application can request the International Bureau to make this information publicly available.
The European Union (EU) has applied for additional geographical indications (GI) for wine to be included in the Australian-European Community Agreement on Trade in Wine.
An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 15 March 2012
The Age reports that chef Heston Blumenthal (owner of a popular restaurant in England called The Fat Duck) has won a battle with the owners of a Darling Harbour restaurant also called Fat Duck.
