Three important Kiwi milestones occurred this week: the All Blacks retained the Bledisloe Cup for the eleventh year in a row; Team New Zealand won the Louis Vuitton Cup and the right to challenge for the America’s cup; and the New Zealand Patents Bill (2008) passed through its third reading in the New Zealand’s parliament …
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An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal as of 27 August 2013.
A consultation is underway to seek views on proposed amendments to the Patents Act 1990 in relation to patentable subject matter.
Debra Yin Foo and Mark Wickham of our Chemistry and Life Sciences group will be in Queenstown this week for the Bioshares Biotech Summit 2013, so if you are attending the conference, please go up and say hi.
POF has recently been recognized as a ‘Tier 1’ IP firm for both patents and trade marks by the Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) Handbook 2013.
The Australian Innovation Challenge awards opened this week with a total prize of $70,000. The goal of this challenge is to and encourage innovative ideas across a range of categories including health, education and IT.
An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal as of 12 July 2013.
An Australian Patent Opposition, Revocation and Extension of Term Round-Up from the Patent Office Journal dated 11 July 2013.
On Monday 15 July 2013, the Adelaide CleanTech Network drinks will be held at the offices of Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick at Level 5, 75 Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide.
An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal as of 5 July 2013.
