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New patent regulations change the due date for filing a notice of entitlement

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
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  • Australia
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  • April 22 2013

A notice by an Australian patent applicant stating entitlement to grant of patent and to claim priority is to be filed no later than the due date for

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
  • -
  • 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

Protecting plant varieties in Australia and New Zealand

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
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  • Australia, European Union, New Zealand
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  • March 1 2013

Although the Plant Breeder's Right system provides protection of propagating or reproductive material of a new plant variety, this can often provide

What to expect when Australian patent prosecution law changes on April 15, 2013

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
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  • Australia
  • -
  • February 8 2013

April 15, 2013 is an important date insofar as Australian patent prosecution is concerned. On this date 'new law' will come into force that will

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
  • -
  • 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

Australian patent term extension: a “long-term” battle

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
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  • Australia
  • -
  • January 15 2013

Aspen Pharma Pty Ltd and Ors and Commissioner of Patents and H Lundbeck (Joined Party) 2012 AATA 851 (4 December 2012) If it was ever in doubt as

Protection of diagnostic inventions in the USA - implications of PerkinElmer, Inc. v Intema Limited

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

On 20 November 2012 the US Federal Circuit handed down a decision in PerkinElmer, Inc. v Intema Limited relating to the patent eligibility of diagnostic method claims

Proposed Australian patent prosecution and opposition rule changes for US patent attorneys

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
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  • Australia, USA
  • -
  • October 25 2012

Since 15 April 2012, the date on which Australia’s new patent law came into force, we have been waiting to see the draft regulations that will underpin the operation of patent prosecution and opposition proceedings

Compulsory licensing for pharmaceuticals, manufacture and export

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • September 11 2012

The impact of patents on access to pharmaceuticals in developing countries is a hot topic in Australia, the US and many other countries

Compulsory licensing of patents, a point of discussion in the US

  • Freehills Patent Attorneys
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  • Australia
  • -
  • September 10 2012

Compulsory licensing of patents, a highly topical point of discussion in the US and many other countries, has been put squarely on the legal reform agenda as a result of the Australian Government directing the Productivity Commission to inquire into the Australian compulsory licensing regime