IP Law Archives - Page 33 of 58 - Spruson & Ferguson

25th Jan 2018

China Update: High damage awards in patent cases not always what they seem

In December 2016 a decision of the Beijing IP Court received wide attention as it potentially signaled increased damage awards in China patent cases. The decision by the Court...

In December 2016 a decision of the Beijing IP Court received wide attention as it potentially signaled increased damage...

16th Jan 2018

Australia Update: $1 awarded to Pokémon – a win that may not feel like a win

Pokémon receives no injunctive relief and $1 in nominal damages from Redbubble for copyright infringement and contravention of the Australian Consumer Law.

Pokémon receives no injunctive relief and $1 in nominal damages from Redbubble for copyright infringement and contravention of the...

10th Dec 2017

Improved IPO website in Papua New Guinea (PNG) unveiled

Securing protection for your intellectual property in the South Pacific can often be both challenging and time-consuming. If registration is available (which is not always the case), the registration...

Securing protection for your intellectual property in the South Pacific can often be both challenging and time-consuming. If registration...

4th Dec 2017

Development of IP Laws Amendment Bills proceeding – innovation patents to be phased out

Significant changes to Australia’s intellectual property laws will continue to develop in 2018. Concerning patents, the more controversial changes include the phasing out of Australia’s innovation patent system, and...

Significant changes to Australia’s intellectual property laws will continue to develop in 2018. Concerning patents, the more controversial changes...

30th Nov 2017

Pfizer succeeds in Full Federal Court appeal and will now receive preliminary discovery regarding possible infringement of biological medicine process patents

We previously reported on the 21 March 2017 decision of Burley J of the Federal Court of Australia in Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals v Samsung Bioepis AU Pty Ltd FCA 285, in which...

We previously reported on the 21 March 2017 decision of Burley J of the Federal Court of Australia in Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals...

28th Nov 2017

Australia’s best method requirement – when best isn’t necessarily better

Recent decisions from both the Australian Patent Office and the Full Federal court appear to indicate that Australia is becoming something of an international outlier in terms of the...

Recent decisions from both the Australian Patent Office and the Full Federal court appear to indicate that Australia is...

20th Nov 2017

The Patent Office provides clarity regarding enablement of polypeptide claims

Australia has relatively recently implemented support laws that require a specification to provide sufficient information to enable the skilled person to perform an invention over the entire scope of the claims...

Australia has relatively recently implemented support laws that require a specification to provide sufficient information to enable the skilled person to...

13th Nov 2017

Proposed Changes to Divisional Trade Mark Applications in Australia

Changes to the Common Regulations approved in October 2016 by the Madrid Union, which are due to come into force on 1 February 2019 relate to the filing of...

Changes to the Common Regulations approved in October 2016 by the Madrid Union, which are due to come into...

25th Oct 2017

Missed an Australian patent deadline? Here’s what to do

In some jurisdictions, patent prosecution deadlines and deadlines for payment of maintenance fees (sometimes called renewal fees) are a “life and death” issue and missing a deadline can be...

In some jurisdictions, patent prosecution deadlines and deadlines for payment of maintenance fees (sometimes called renewal fees) are a...

4th Oct 2017

H. H. Scholz KG v Genius GMBH [2017] NZIPOTM 23 (24 August 2017)

This matter concerned an application for removal filed by Genius against Scholz’s New Zealand Registration No. 739987 KITCHEN GENIUS.

26th Sep 2017

New gTLD Sunrise Availability October – November 2017

Generic top-level domains (gTLD) such as .com, .net and .org typically cycle through a “Sunrise Period” prior to becoming available to the general public. The Sunrise Period allows trade mark...

Generic top-level domains (gTLD) such as .com, .net and .org typically cycle through a “Sunrise Period” prior to becoming...

22nd Sep 2017

Production of Documents from the United States for Use in Australian Patent Litigation

Introduction In the United States discovery of documents for use in proceedings outside the U.S. is articulated in Title 28 of the Code of Laws of the United States of...

Introduction In the United States discovery of documents for use in proceedings outside the U.S. is articulated in Title 28...