Dr Corrine Porter qualifies as a Patent and Trade Marks Attorney

Congratulations to our newest Patent and Trade Marks Attorney, Dr Corrine Porter, who officially registered on 4 December 2014. Corrine has been with POF for three and a half years and is a member of the firm’s Chemistry and Life Sciences team. Corrine’s areas of specialisation include protein chemistry, x-ray crystallography, biochemistry and pharmaceuticals. Corrine was …
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Season’s Greetings – Holiday business hours

Our Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide offices will close at the end of the business day on Wednesday 24 December 2014 and will reopen on Monday 5 January 2015. The closure of our offices will coincide with the annual closure of the Patent and Trade Mark Offices and Courts in Australia and New Zealand. IP Australia …
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Full Federal Court decision: Business Schemes not rendered patentable merely by being implemented on a computer

The appeal against Research Affiliates LLC v Commissioner of Patents [2013] FCA 71 has been dismissed. The Full Federal Court has confirmed that Research Affiliates’ invention relating to a computer implemented method for the construction and use of passive portfolios and indexes for securities trading is not patentable subject matter. Please click here to read …
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