Vanessa Farago-Diener
Gilbert + Tobin
Articles
COVID-19: Essential access to patented technologies
Australia - May 4 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased the demands on vital medical devices, pharmaceuticals and related technologies. These include...
Patentability of business ideas: an update
Australia - April 6 2020 You may have a great business idea, but that doesn’t mean you can obtain a patent to protect and monopolise it. Rather, it is the technological or...
Relaxing IP restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic
Australia - March 26 2020 In the race to find both a vaccine and cure for COVID-19, the tension between monopoly rights and public access to crucial medicines, diagnostics and...
Treasurer sparks hope that Australia will implement a patent box system
Australia, United Kingdom - July 11 2019 Speaking recently at a business event in London, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, in response to being asked whether he would introduce an equivalent of...
Big developments in combating internet piracy in Australia
Australia - April 24 2015 As shown by the recent record breaking piracy downloads of four leaked episodes from Game of Thrones Season 5 (figures estimate around 32 million...
