As patent attorneys, we are quite used to seeing new ideas and amazing innovations in all areas of technology. That said, a recent Kickstarter campaign for a real life version of the ‘Hoverboard’ which featured in the 1985 film, ‘Back to the Future’ got our office talking. Surely no-one in the era of perms, powersuits …
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Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick is delighted to have been officially welcomed as a member of the Geelong Chamber of Commerce. POF was one of 27 businesses who joined the Chamber, which has more than 800 members, at last night’s event at the Geelong Arena. POF currently services a number of clients in Geelong and surrounds and …
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We are delighted to announce that Dr Justin Dibbens (pictured) and his boutique IP practice, Dibbens Intellectual Property, has joined Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick. This growth marks a strategic step forward for POF, as we continue to expand and strengthen our professional capabilities and service offering to clients. POF is widely regarded as one of the …
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The sky is falling in the pop music world following a Los Angeles jury’s award of $7.4 million to be paid by Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams to the heirs of Marvin Gaye for copyright infringement of the music and lyrics to his 1977 song, Got to Give It Up. Nominated for two Grammys, Blurred …
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NSW Deputy Premier Troy Grant and Minister for Health Jillian Skinner launched the Medical Technology Knowledge Hub on 9 March 2015 at Baxter Healthcare’s campus at Old Toongabbie. The launch was attended by representatives of the Australian Medical Technology community. The Medical Technology Association of Australia is tasked with leading the MedTech Knowledge Hub which …
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2014’s “Celebgate” (in which cloud computing accounts associated with mobile phones of various celebrities were hacked and posted online) has raised awareness of the problem of the posting of intimate photographs without the consent of the subject of the photographs. If you take a photograph of yourself, you own the copyright in it. This means …
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It is not compulsory to use the ® and ™ symbols in Australia. However, as a trademark owner, you should use these symbols when your trade mark is used in social media posts (for example, Facebook posts, LinkedIn posts and even Twitter tweets – where possible). There are a number of reasons for doing this, …
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In January 2015, IP Australia released their report Australian Medical Devices: A Patent Analytics Report. We have summarised the key findings of the report in this article. The study identified 139,170 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications filed globally in the medical devices area with a priority date between 2001 and 2012. Of these applications, 2,706 …
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The Australian High Court has allowed Yvonne D’Arcy’s special leave application from the Full Federal Court decision in D’Arcy v Myriad Genetics Inc [2014] FCAFC 115. As a result, the patent claims directed to the gene BRCA1 (which has been found to exhibit particular mutations in women with an enhanced risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer) …
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On 3 December 2014, the High Court of Australia allowed an appeal against the Full Federal Court’s decision in Modena Trading Pty Ltd v Cantarella Bros Pty Ltd and found that Cantarella’s trade marks CINQUE STELLE and ORO are inherently adapted to distinguish the goods for which they were registered (i.e. coffee and coffee-based beverages) …
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