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Spruson & Ferguson

Offices

  1. Australia

    1. Sydney NSW

      Level 35 St Martins Tower, 31 Market Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia T 61 2 9393 0100 F 61 2 9261 5486
  2. Malaysia

    1. Kuala Lumpur

      A-32-3A, Level 32, Menara UOA Bangsar, Number 5 Jalan Bangsar Utama 1, 59000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia T 60 3 2697 1668 F 60 3 2697 2668 W
  3. Singapore

    1. Singapore

      152 Beach Road, 37-05/06 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore T 65 6333 7200 F 65 6333 7222 W
  1. Paul's Retail Pty Ltd v Lonsdale Australia Limited 2012 FCAFC 130

    Australia - September 12 2012

    On 11 September 2012, the Full Court of Australia handed down its decision in the case of Paul's Retail Pty Ltd v Lonsdale Australia Limited, on appeal from the decision made by the primary judge (Gordon J) in the case of Lonsdale Australia Limited v Paul's Retail Pty Ltd

  2. Federal Court finds inventive step where there is no innovative step - another reason to request examination now

    Australia - March 6 2013

    Today the Federal Court handed down its judgment in Delnorth Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents 2013 FCA 165 (6 March 2013) in which Spruson &

  3. Increased patent filings in Papua New Guinea in the petroleum industry

    Papua New Guinea - February 11 2013

    The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (PNG) consists of a group of islands, the largest of which is the eastern half of the island of New Guinea

  4. Facton Ltd v Toast Sales Group Pty Ltd 2012 FCA 612 (19 June 2012)

    Australia - July 19 2012

    The Applicants ("GStar") are a group of companies that collectively own and exploit the trade mark GSTAR globally

  5. Review of Au Pharmaceutical patents - discussion paper released today

    Australia - November 21 2012

    In our news alert of 15 October 2012, we advised that the Australian Government had announced a review into issues relating to Pharmaceutical patents, with a particular focus on patent term extensions (PTEs

  1. Pharmaceutical patents review recommends restriction of PTEsSPCs

    Australia - April 2 2013

    In our news alert of 21 November 2012 we drew attention to the Review of Pharmaceutical Patents which was announced by the Australian Government and

  2. The new Australian trade mark opposition procedures in 12 easy (!) steps (effective 15 April 2013)

    Australia - March 22 2013

    Subject to any last minute changes to the final draft of the Intellectual Property Lesiglation Amendment (Raising the Bar) Regulation 2013, a new

  3. ICANN - Trade Mark Clearinghouse launch date

    Global - March 8 2013

    In mid-2013, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) intends to launch over 1,500 new Generic Top Level Domain Names (gTLDs

  4. Federal Court finds inventive step where there is no innovative step - another reason to request examination now

    Australia - March 6 2013

    Today the Federal Court handed down its judgment in Delnorth Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents 2013 FCA 165 (6 March 2013) in which Spruson &

  5. DSI Australia (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Garford Pty Ltd 2013 FCA 132

    Australia - March 5 2013

    The Federal Court has delivered judgment in DSI Australia (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Garford Pty Ltd 2013 FCA 132 (28 February 2013), a patent case where