In a recent Australian Patent Office decision[1], an extension of time to file a complete Australian patent application was allowed despite a third party opposition. The delegate of the Commissioner of Patents accepted that flawed mental function by the applicant in misunderstanding advice provided by their patent attorney was the cause of missing the deadline. Extensions …
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The Australian Designs Office has recently issued its decision[1] concerning an adverse examination report for a Car and Toy Car design registration owned by Ferrari. The Design relates to the 488 Pista Spider, Ferrari’s best ever open-top performance vehicle. Pleasingly for Ferrari the Australian Designs Office granted a certificate of examination on 14 July 2020. …
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The first time we really paid attention to COVID-19 was in early February this year. By mid-March, we had set-up a COVID-19 Response Team including our heads of IT and People & Development, reviewed our readiness to have everyone working from home, run a successful IT stress test with 40% of our people working from …
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The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is urgently investigating and developing new technologies aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 infection. One example technology is a new isolation hood device developed by CSIRO to reduce the risk of infectious particle transmission between individuals in close proximity. It is envisioned that the isolation hood …
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In the keenly awaited decision in Commonwealth of Australia v Sanofi1, the Federal Court has dismissed the Commonwealth’s $325 million claim for compensation made against Sanofi arising from a patent infringement suit brought against Apotex Australia (Apotex), the Australian subsidiary of the Canadian generic drug company Apotex Canada. Read more here >>
We are pleased to announce our reappointment as a preferred IP provider for CSIRO, Australia’s leading national science and technology organisation. POF has worked with CSIRO for over 40 years. We are delighted to continue our strong partnership with Australia’s leader in innovation. CSIRO is one of the largest and most diverse agencies in the …
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We are pleased to announce that Dr Mary Munroe and Matthew Ford have been appointed as new Principals, effective from 1 July 2020. POF Board Chair Greg Chambers says “Both Mary and Matt work from our Sydney office. Together they will present a strong leadership team for the growth of Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick in this …
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As noted in our previous blog post, IP Australia introduced a new streamlined process for extension of time requests for Applicants impacted by COVID-19. These arrangements have now been extended until at least 31 July 2020. By way of reminder, extension of time is available to extend most Patents, Trade Marks, and Designs deadlines for up to three months, and is: …
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The Federal Government has just announced the launch of a review into Australia’s patents system which aims to specifically examine the accessibility of Intellectual Property for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The accessibility review was mandated by the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 2 and Other Measures) Act 2020 which commenced earlier this year. In …
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The law relating to the patentability of computer-implemented inventions is beginning to look settled in Australia following Commissioner of Patents v Rokt Pte Ltd (Rokt)[1]. The Full Federal Court in Rokt has reversed a curious decision of the primary judge in favour of a digital advertising method being patentable subject matter. In upholding the Commissioner’s …
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