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Senate adjourns consideration of the Raising The Bar Bill

King & Wood Mallesons
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Australia
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July 12 2011

Further to our post on 22 June 2011, following the second reading speech of the Property Laws Amendment (Raising The Bar) Bill 2011 the debate on this important reform legislation has been adjourned

France to reform its pharmaceutical regulatory system...with possible global implications!

King & Wood Mallesons
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France
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July 6 2011

On 23 June 2011, the French Health Minister proposed significant reforms to the French pharmaceutical regulatory system

Question: how to stun a fish?

King & Wood Mallesons
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Australia
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July 1 2011

This was the question that the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia was asked to consider in Seafood Innovations Pty Ltd v Richard Bass Pty Ltd

Court says case too complex for summary judgment

King & Wood Mallesons
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Australia
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June 28 2011

A recent decision of the Federal Court has emphasised the difficulty associated with seeking summary judgment in patent matters

News flash: bill to radically alter Australian patent laws introduced to Senate

King & Wood Mallesons
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Australia
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June 22 2011

The Property Laws Amendment (Raising The Bar) Bill 2011 was introduced to the Senate late last week

Ding ding ding... Is the fight over for BMW Plastics?

King & Wood Mallesons
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Australia
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June 20 2011

In what is seeming like the never ending fight over a dip tube patent, the Federal Court has handed another win to VIP Plastic Packaging in its long running dispute with BMW Plastics regarding a patent for a "variable-length dip tube for a fluid transfer container"

Is the government being tough enough on post-grant enforcement?

King & Wood Mallesons
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France
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June 20 2011

On 3 June 2011, the Federal Government released its responses to the ACIP report entitled Post-Grant Patent Enforcement Strategies

Commission investigates potentially anti-competitive settlements...paying for delays may not pay for some!

King & Wood Mallesons
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European Union
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May 27 2011

Further to our previous post, the European Commission has recently launched an official investigation into a settlement agreement made between the US company Cephalon, and the Israeli generic medicine manufacturer, Teva

New case prints the test for copyright in compilations...

King & Wood Mallesons
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Australia
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May 20 2011

A recent dispute between two printer cartridge suppliers has provided greater certainty in the law regarding the copyright protection afforded to compilations and has also provided clarity regarding country of origin claims made in trade or commerce

It's all in the definition - "drug" or "pharmaceutical item"

King & Wood Mallesons
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Australia
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May 19 2011

AstraZeneca has been unsuccessful in its attempt to overturn a decision of the Minister for Health and Ageing to include a particular dose of rosuvastatin (sold as Crestor, to lower cholesterol) in the Statins-HP "therapeutic group" on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme ("PBS"

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