Inspire – September 2021
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Further consolidation of Australia’s IP landscape
8 September 2021 marked a significant event in the Australian patent and trademark attorney profession, with the announcement of the imminent integration of Shelston IP into Spruson & Ferguson. The Shelston brand – one of Australia’s oldest – will be retired. Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick remains a privately owned business, even after being in operation for …
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Is DAS. Is good.
The DAS stores electronic Certified Copies of Priority Documents and allows retrieval of these documents by certain patent offices via a DAS code. The service is most relevant to applicants who file complete (i.e. Paris convention) patents and designs (and to a lesser extent trade marks). For a long time, DAS wasn’t useful as not a lot of countries were party to it or accepted …
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Commissioner of Patents appeals decision allowing Artificial Intelligence as an inventor
Today, the Commissioner of Patents has appealed the Federal Court decision of Justice Beach in Thaler v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCA 879 (which recognised that an AI machine could be an inventor on a patent) to the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia. The Federal Court judgment, handed down on 30 July …
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Congratulations to our new Senior Associate
We are pleased to announce the promotion of Jacqueline Leong to the position of Senior Associate, effective from 1 September 2021. This promotion is a significant milestone that recognises Jacqueline’s exceptional work, client service, and leadership. Prior to joining POF, Jacqueline worked as a trade mark solicitor in the intellectual property department of one of …
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POF Principals Chris Schlicht and Alyssa Telfer recognised as leading practitioners
POF Deputy Managing Principal, Chris Schlicht, has been recently recognized as “Best Lawyer of the Year – Australia” in the 2021 Lawyer International Legal 100. The Legal 100 awards showcase a number of outstanding firms and individuals across the legal profession. More than 188,000 votes were submitted as part of this guide. Chris is POF’s …
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Extensions of time: Is the Patent Office more diligent than a Patent Attorney?
An extension of time to file evidence in an opposition has ultimately been found allowable on the basis of “other circumstances”, where emails regarding deadlines were sent but not received due to a blocklist. Extensions of time to do certain acts under the Patents Act are available subject to requirements and regulations – which are …
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Inspire – June 2021
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick promotes two new Principals
We are excited to announce that Marine Guillou and Danielle Burns have been promoted to Principals of the firm, effective 1 July 2021. “These two promotions reflect our confidence in the future of Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, and continue our development of client-focused talent within the firm”, said Ross McFarlane, Managing …
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POF recognised as a leading firm in MIP IP Stars Awards 2021
We are delighted that POF has been recognised as a top Australian IP firm in the MIP IP Stars Awards for 2021, achieving the following awards: ‘Trans-Tasman IP Firm of the Year’; ‘Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms) Firm of the Year’; and the Australia ‘Impact Case of the Year award’ for our work in …
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