A round-up of Australian Designs which have been certified (from the Designs Office Journal dated 15 May 2014. If you wish to file, certify or register your designs, please contact us. The following Designs have been examined and Certificates of Examination have issued.
On Tuesday 13 May, the Federal Government released their budget for the 2014/15 financial year and of course, there have been ‘winners’ and ‘losers’. Here are some of the key takeaways relating to R&D, innovation and medical research.
Below is a report from IP Organisers (an independent service company of Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick) detailing Australian Pharmaceutical Patents (that have been granted extensions) and that are due to expire in the coming month.
An Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 15 May 2014. If you wish to start any non-use proceeding against trade marks of others, or if your own trademarks have had non-use proceedings brought against them by third parties, please contact us.
An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 16 May 2014.
An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 15 May 2014. If you wish to oppose the registration of trade marks of others, or if your own applications have been opposed by third parties, please contact us.
The Victorian Government have announced that applications are open for the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Design Awards. Details can be found here.
An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 9 May 2014.
An Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 8 May 2014. If you wish to start any non-use proceeding against trade marks of others, or if your own trademarks have had non-use proceedings brought against them by third parties, please contact us.
Whilst the IP Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 made substantial changes to the law of sufficiency, for many patents the previous law continues to apply. Following the High Court decision in Kimberly-Clark Australia v Arico Trading it was generally understood that the test for sufficiency would be satisfied if the disclosure of the …
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