The recent AMP v Myriad decision1 (‘Myriad’) in the United States Supreme Court explored subject matter excluded from patentability in the US. The Court held that a naturally occurring segment of DNA is a product of nature and is not eligible for patentability merely because it has been isolated. How the United States Patent and …
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A round-up of Australian Designs which have been certified (from the Designs Office Journal dated 20 March 2014. If you wish to file, certify or register your designs, please contact us.
An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 21 March 2014. We advise our clients (whether as IP owners or as alleged infringers) and act for them in relation to patent litigation, trade mark litigation, registered design litigation, domain name, plant breeder’s rights, confidential information and copyright litigation. …
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An Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 20 March 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.
The Patents Act 2013 has been passed by the New Zealand parliament, heralding significant changes to the previous Act. Most of the new provisions will commence on 13 September 2014. The purposes of the new law include: Provide greater certainty of validity of granted patents. Address concerns about inventions derived from indigenous plants and animals, …
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An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 20 March 2014.
A: Any number when interpreting the phrase “a patented invention” in Section 145 of the Patents Act, according to a recent Federal Court decision (MPEG LA, LLC v Regency Media Ltd [2014] FCA 180) …..
An Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 13 March 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 14 March 2014.
An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 13 March 2014.
