Our offices are closed from the end of the business day on Friday 23 December and will reopen on Tuesday 3 January 2017. This coincides with the annual closure of the Patent and Trade Mark Office and courts in Australia. The Intellectual Property office of New Zealand is closed from the end of business on …
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Christmas is a time for giving, spending time with loved ones and relaxation. It is also a time for searing pain as one steps on newly acquired blocks of Lego in the middle of the night, arguing with said loved ones, and for Australians, wondering why we are eating a hot turkey on a 40 …
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Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick has been selected as the winner of the Innovation in Client Services 2016 award! Candidates were shortlisted by a team of researchers at Corporate America, using publicly available information such as client testimonials, recommendations and both local and national press. POF satisfied all the award criteria, particularly team approachability and innovation in …
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This week POF partnered with the Council of Textile and Fashion (CTF) to present a workshop on “IP for Fashion and Textile Supply Chains” as part of Melbourne’s International Sourcing Expo. The three-day event is Australia’s leading sourcing expo for the apparel, accessories and textile industry. It draws more than 450 exhibitors from around the …
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Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick has recently been selected as a winner of the ‘Ones to Watch: Law Firms 2016’ awards. This award recognises top performing law firms around the world. The winners were shortlisted by a research team at Investor Review who specialise in the financial and legal sectors. All winners will be published in the …
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Just like the case of Coles v Dormer discussed here, the siren call of a dream home has caused its new owners and their builder to infringe copyright as found in Henley Arch Pty Ltd v Lucky Homes Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 1217. Mr and Mrs Mistry engaged Henley Arch to draw up a number …
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Innovyz is launching their Waste and Recycling Commercialisation Program with applications open as of October and the program starting in February. The Innovyz programs are nine month intensive programs to commercialise products, technology and ideas. They are designed for Individuals, Universities, Research Centres, Existing Companies and Corporate Spinouts to turn their great ideas into great companies. …
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The Full Court decision on sufficiency in Tramanco v BPW Transpec (reported here) has now been applied to claims for methods of medical treatment in Apotex Pty Ltd v Warner-Lambert Company LLC (No 2) [2016] FCA 1238. The claims were directed to a method for treating pain comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a …
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The decision of Logan J in Titan Enterprises (Qld) Pty Ltd v Cross [2016] FCA 1241, places potentially significant limitations on the extent of Trade Mark attorney privilege. Client legal privilege applies to communications made in connection with giving or obtaining legal advice or the provision of legal services, including representation in proceedings in a …
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