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Pharmaceutical patents review recommends restriction of PTEsSPCs

  • Spruson & Ferguson
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  • 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

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

  • Spruson & Ferguson
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  • 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

ICANN - Trade Mark Clearinghouse launch date

  • Spruson & Ferguson
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  • Global
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  • 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

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

  • Spruson & Ferguson
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  • Australia
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  • 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 &

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

  • Spruson & Ferguson
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  • 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

Case note: Britax Childcare Pty Ltd v Infa-Secure Pty Ltd No 3 FCA 1019

  • Spruson & Ferguson
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  • Australia
  • -
  • February 21 2013

This case concerned alleged infringement of several innovations patents derived from a standard parent application. The patents-in-suit were: A

Two months until the bar is raised on Australian patents - time for action!

  • Spruson & Ferguson
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  • Australia
  • -
  • February 15 2013

Significant changes to Australian patent law come into effect in two months' time, on 15 April 2013, with the key provisions of the Intellectual

Federal Court of Australia affirms patentability of isolated nucleic acids

  • Spruson & Ferguson
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  • Australia
  • -
  • February 15 2013

The Federal Court of Australia today handed down its decision in the case of Cancer Voices Australia & Anor v Myriad Genetics Inc & Ors. The

Increased patent filings in Papua New Guinea in the petroleum industry

  • Spruson & Ferguson
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  • Papua New Guinea
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  • 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

Google Inc v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 2013 HCA 1

  • Spruson & Ferguson
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  • Australia
  • -
  • February 6 2013

This was a successful appeal by Google Inc. (Google) to the High Court restoring the decision of the first instance judge of the Federal Court of