Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up – 4 April 2014
An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 4 April 2014.
Extension Enabled by Esoteric Experts; but it Pays to Gaze Forward in Time
The decision in Shelford Services Pty Limited v Baylor Research Institute provides further indication of how the Australian Patent Office will apply the new “Raising the Bar” opposition extension of time provisions.
Australian Design Certification Round-Up 3 April 2014
A round-up of Australian Designs which have been certified (from the Designs Office Journal dated 3 April 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. Infringement proceedings may now be commenced by the owners of these designs. …
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Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up 3 April 2014
An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 3 April 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.
Australian Government Seeks Comment on DIY IP Agreements
The Advisory Council on Intellectual Property has released a discussion paper in relation to a proposed Intellectual Property (IP) Toolkit for collaborations between publicly funded research organisations and the private sector.
Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up – 28 March 2014
An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 28 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.
Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up 27 March 2014
An Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 27 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.
Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up 27 March 2014
An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 27 March 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.
35 U.S.C. 101 – USPTO Issues guidelines for examiners on what is patentable subject matter
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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Australian Design Certification Round-Up 20 March 2014
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.