The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Dr Francis Gurry, will present a public lecture at the Melbourne Law School on 3 August. Gurry is the highest-ranking Australian official in a United Nations agency, and only the third to ever head a UN agency. He is making his first official visit to Australia since …
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IP Australia has released three consultation papers discussing proposals for improving patent opposition proceedings, trade mark opposition proceedingsand divisional application processes. The objective of the proposals is to reduce the period of uncertainty during which the public and third parties do not know where they have freedom to operate.
The Attorney-General has announced the proposed abolition of the Federal Magistrates Court, with Magistrates being integrated into the Federal and Family Courts.
The New Zealand Parliament has invited public submissions on the Trade Marks (International Treaties and Enforcement) Amendment Bill. The deadline is 15 May.
The Melbourne Age newspaper has reported today that a trade mark dispute between Arnotts and Krispy Kreme has been settled with the latter agreeing to rename its Iced Dough-Vo. The article, sourced from AAP, makes amusing reading.
Patent and trade marks applications relating to green energy have grown in recent years according to a press release from Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
The Trade Marks (International Treaties and Enforcement) Amendment Bill 2008 passed its first reading in Parliament on Tuesday 7 April and was referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee.
The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has called for written submissions on proposed reforms to Australia’s intellectual property (IP) system. The proposed reforms aim to: reduce barriers in the innovation landscape for researchers and inventors; improve certainty about the validity of granted patents; and allow patent claims to be resolved faster. Information on the …
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In a decision which may yet see the Court delving into uncharted waters on the question of damages for trade mark infringement, the Full Court have in part upheld and in part overturned the decision of the trial Judge in E. & J. Gallo Winery v Lion Nathan Australia [2008] FCA 934 previously reported here.
IP Australia’s Cost Recovery and Fee Review, commenced in 2008, has been extended as a result of economic conditions. Any fee changes as a result of the review will now be scheduled for July 2010.
