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Dispelling the Myriad gene patent harmonization myth

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • Australia, Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

In the wake of the Supreme Court oral arguments in the Myriad "gene patent" case, most commentators are predicting that the Court will uphold the

Australia’s April 12 deadline for Raising the Bar

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • Australia, USA
  • -
  • March 26 2013

Now that we have made it past the March 16, 2013 effective date of the first-inventor-to-file provisions of the America Invents Act, it is time to

Australian “gene patenting” case to be appealed

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • March 6 2013

The patenting of human genes in Australia remains under court review. As reported in the blog Patentology, an appeal of the Australian decision

Myriad posts gene patenting victory in Australia

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • February 19 2013

In a companion case to the "gene patenting" dispute presently before the U.S. Supreme Court, Myriad Genetics, Inc. successfully defended the

IP Australia complicates divisional application prosecution

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
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  • Australia, USA
  • -
  • September 8 2011

The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) recently implemented changes to its examination procedures for divisional applications that are designed to promote "prompt resolution" of their status, "particularly where the claimed subject matter of the divisional application is the same as its parent."

US-Australia Patent Proecution Highway widened to include PCT

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • Australia, USA
  • -
  • January 24 2011

The USPTO has announced that starting January 24, 2011, the Patent Proecution Highway between the USPTO and Australia will expand to include positive patentability determinations made under the PCT