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Compulsory licensing of patents inquiry releases final report

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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June 6 2013

The Productivity Commission has now released its Final Report on whether the current regime for the compulsory licensing of patents in Australia is

Federal court decides isolated DNA is patentable subject matter

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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February 28 2013

The Federal Court has clarified the position of so-called "gene patents" under Australian law. Cancer Voices Australia v Myriad Genetics Inc 2013

Compulsory licensing of patents inquiry - draft report released

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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January 31 2013

The Productivity Commission's Draft Report into the regime for the compulsory licensing of patents in Australia foreshadows significant changes to

Experts' reports, waiver of privilege and antipsychotic drugs

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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December 20 2012

If an expert takes notes and then uses them to prepare an affidavit or expert’s report, legal professional privilege in those notes is likely to be waived

Patent reform: time for a step change?

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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October 25 2012

So far this year, we have seen some significant changes to patent law introduced by the Raising the Bar reforms and an inquiry by the Productivity Commission into the system for the compulsory licensing of patents in Australia

Don't touch what you can't afford! Australia's compulsory licensing of patents regime under review

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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August 30 2012

Any business which owns patents, particularly those covering the key areas of technology, should give serious consideration to making a submission to the Productivity Commission's inquiry into compulsory licensing of patents

Faster, higher, stronger - patent law reform in an Olympic year: Part 2

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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April 12 2012

Changes to patents law bring new exemptions to infringement for experimental and regulatory activities and a much more powerful right to seek non-infringement declarations

Uniloc settlement shows value of patent protection

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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April 10 2012

The settlement of a long-running patent infringement dispute between Australian software company Uniloc and global software giant Microsoft Corporation highlights the value of getting the right advice upfront on the best way to protect potentially valuable intellectual property or risk having limited legal recourse against future infringers, according to Clayton Utz partner Jim FitzSimons

Faster, higher, stronger - patent law reform in an Olympic year: Part 1

Clayton Utz
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Australia
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March 29 2012

The Intellectual Property Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill will make significant changes to the patent system, designed to discourage speculative patents and make it more difficult to obtain patent protection