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An easy guide to Australia’s new patent law under the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
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  • Australia
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  • April 15 2013

The most significant amendment to Australia's patent legislation since enactment of the current Patents Act 1990 (Cth) has now come into effect with

A warning to US & foreign companies on Australian patent infringement by common design: Bayer Pharma AG v Genentech Inc 2012 FCA 1467

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
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  • Australia
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  • January 23 2013

US and other foreign companies that do not have Australian commercial operations will be interested in this decision because it contains prima facie

Shining a light on secret use permissible non-commercial use of prototypes

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
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  • Australia
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  • October 23 2012

This judgement provides further insight into the limits of permissible commercial benefit that can be obtained through trial or experimentation before the priority date of a patent

An outbreak of common sense “fraud on the US Patent Office” actually requires fraud

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 26 2012

Over the last two or three decades, patent attorneys and patent applicants from around the world have been somewhat bemused when at times it seems more important in US patent litigation to argue about whether a patentee had been guilty of “fraud on the Patent Office” (or, more formally, inequitable conduct) than to consider the real issue of patent validity

The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) high speed examination of Australian and United States patent applications

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
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  • Australia, USA
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  • September 18 2012

The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) has been in use for several years now and can be used to speed up the patent examination process in both Australia and the United States

Determination of inventorship

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
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  • Australia
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  • August 9 2012

This decision is significant as it suggests that the Australian Patent Office (Patent Office) has adopted a preferred view in determining inventorship

Market dominance through innovation patents

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
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  • Australia
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  • June 29 2012

The commercial value of Australia's new innovation patent system has been proven by a recent court decision

An easy guide to Australia’s new patent law under the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • June 28 2012

The most significant amendment to Australia’s patent legislation since enactment of the current Patents Act 1990 (Cth) has now come into effect with the passing of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 (Cth) into law