Last night, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s 7.30 Report screened a story on gene patents, which included the views of advocates and opponents of the patentability of genes. The story transcript (and a link to the video) is here.
The New Zealand Parliament has invited public submissions on the Trade Marks (International Treaties and Enforcement) Amendment Bill. The deadline is 15 May.
The Melbourne Age newspaper has reported today that a trade mark dispute between Arnotts and Krispy Kreme has been settled with the latter agreeing to rename its Iced Dough-Vo. The article, sourced from AAP, makes amusing reading.
Patent and trade marks applications relating to green energy have grown in recent years according to a press release from Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
Further to our post on the requirement for ISPs to have a termination policy for repeat copyright infringers, the Government anounced on 23 March that Section 92 of the Copyright Act 1994, that imposed that requirement, will not come into force as proposed, but would be reviewed. The announcement is here.
The Trade Marks (International Treaties and Enforcement) Amendment Bill 2008 passed its first reading in Parliament on Tuesday 7 April and was referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee.
IP Australia opened a new patent examination centre in Melbourne today that will be responsible for examining patent applications in the fields of chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry and electronics. The Melbourne Patent Examination Centre represents a decentralisation of the patent examination function and will create 41 new jobs.
The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has called for written submissions on proposed reforms to Australia’s intellectual property (IP) system. The proposed reforms aim to: reduce barriers in the innovation landscape for researchers and inventors; improve certainty about the validity of granted patents; and allow patent claims to be resolved faster. Information on the …
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In a decision which may yet see the Court delving into uncharted waters on the question of damages for trade mark infringement, the Full Court have in part upheld and in part overturned the decision of the trial Judge in E. & J. Gallo Winery v Lion Nathan Australia [2008] FCA 934 previously reported here.
IP Australia’s Cost Recovery and Fee Review, commenced in 2008, has been extended as a result of economic conditions. Any fee changes as a result of the review will now be scheduled for July 2010.
