In a recent post, we highlighted the grave risks of failing to disclose the ‘best method known to the applicant of performing the invention’, as required by section 40 of the Australian Patents Act. A question that was left open was whether such a failure might be remedied by filing a divisional application with the …
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POF proudly supported Jeans for Genes Day by hosting a morning tea and encouraging staff to wear their best denim and make a gold coin donation. The firm matched each donation dollar for dollar. Jeans for Genes was established to fund revolutionary research that helps diagnose, understand, and find cures or treatments for conditions affecting kids, …
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In the latter part of 2017, IP Australia sought comment on a proposed bill, the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Bill (Part 1 Bill), for changes to a number of IP policy matters – one of which included the abolishment of Australia’s innovation patent system. The proposed change …
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For the past couple of years, the IP5 Offices (Europe, Japan, Korea, P.R. China and US) prepared for the launch of a third Collaborative Search & Examination (CS&E) pilot program on 1 July 2018. The pilot program involves IP5 examiners working together to produce enhanced single international search reports and written opinions (ISR/WO) under the …
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Yesterday we celebrated the 10th annual Graeme Clark Oration, of which POF is very proud to be a long-time sponsor. The Oration informs the community about scientific advances in health and medical research, delivered by recognised global leaders in their field. This year the Oration was delivered by Professor Paula T Hammond and focussed on …
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The Marvel franchise has enjoyed unprecedented box office success over the last decade, culminating in numerous films, TV series and other digital media. The most famous of these films focussing on The Avengers, Marvel Studios’ mascot super heroes. For a shared fictional universe as vast as the one Marvel Studios (Marvel) have presented, there have …
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The NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE seeks to incentivise development of carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technologies that convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful products while mitigating climate change. Ten finalists (carbon.xprize.org/teams) were selected to compete for a USD$20 million pot, by demonstrating their technologies at pilot scale using power station flue gas as the CO2 …
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Crystal from Bohemia has a long history of recognition for its high quality of craftsmanship and innovative designs. Chances are you’ve probably noticed it gathering dust on your grandma’s mantelpiece. However, in Australia, it has been involved in a trade mark tussle resulting in the marks BOHEMIA and BOHEMIA CRYSTAL being struck off the Register. …
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The Australian innovation patent system has been in the news recently as a result of the Australian Government’s intention to abolish the system. This decision followed the general inquiry made by the Productivity Commission into Australia’s intellectual property (IP) system. The expectation within the IP industry was that abolition of the innovation patent system would …
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We are delighted to once again announce that POF has been recognised as a tier 1 patent prosecution firm in this year’s IAM Patent 1000. Following the extensive five month research process carried out by IAM, POF was delivered high praise for “taking the time to understand the big picture” and for building “an excellent …
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