Patents Archives - Page 14 of 63

22nd Sep 2020

Double trouble – how to avoid double patenting in Australia and New Zealand

Divisional applications can be filed voluntarily in both Australia and New Zealand and can be a useful way to protect multiple aspects of an invention or a preferred commercial...

Divisional applications can be filed voluntarily in both Australia and New Zealand and can be a useful way to...

21st Sep 2020

Pharmaceutical patent term extensions: broader is not always better

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. et al APO 43 (16 September 2020) Background Australia’s Patents Act provides a patent term extension (PTE) to account for the delays that can occur when obtaining...

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. et al APO 43 (16 September 2020) Background Australia’s Patents Act provides a patent term extension (PTE)...

21st Sep 2020

Tricks of the Trade: Searching the unsearchable

Patent searching is already black magic, wrapped in a puzzle, inside an enigma, passing through a black box, and thinking about how something could be unsearchable is an extra...

Patent searching is already black magic, wrapped in a puzzle, inside an enigma, passing through a black box, and...

17th Sep 2020

“Reasonableness” in withholding consent in commercialisation partnerships

University of Sydney v ObjectiVision Pty Ltd FAC 1625 It is common for commercial contracts to include provisions that prohibit a party from doing certain things unless with the...

University of Sydney v ObjectiVision Pty Ltd FAC 1625 It is common for commercial contracts to include provisions that...

1st Sep 2020

IPOS expands cooperation with the Republic of Korea and Lao People’s Democratic Republic for PCT applications

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has expanded its international cooperation with the Republic of Korea and Lao People’s Democratic Republic for applications filed under the Patent Cooperation...

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has expanded its international cooperation with the Republic of Korea and Lao...

27th Aug 2020

IP Australia fee changes effective from 1 October 2020

IP Australia have announced changes to some of their fees, effective from 1st October 2020. The changes are intended to defer some of the costs to the renewal phase of...

IP Australia have announced changes to some of their fees, effective from 1st October 2020. The changes are intended to...

27th Aug 2020

A practical guide: Commonly asked questions during patent prosecution in Australia and New Zealand

Patent attorneys in Australia and New Zealand, so-called Trans-Tasman patent attorneys, are registered to practise under a joint registration regime. However, the Trans-Tasman patent laws are far from harmonized....

Patent attorneys in Australia and New Zealand, so-called Trans-Tasman patent attorneys, are registered to practise under a joint registration...

25th Aug 2020

Tricks of the Trade: There’s a word for that (and usually many more)

When Winston Churchill said, “broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all”, he (most likely) wasn’t speaking about the words found in...

When Winston Churchill said, “broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all”,...

19th Aug 2020

Injecting preliminary discovery into patent infringement proceedings

Sovereign Hydroseal Pty Ltd v Steynberg FCA 1084 An application for preliminary discovery of documents relating to the constituents of a ‘sealing composition’ and methods of using it to seal...

Sovereign Hydroseal Pty Ltd v Steynberg FCA 1084 An application for preliminary discovery of documents relating to the constituents of...

11th Aug 2020

IP Australia Official Fee Changes – For Better or Worse…?

Official fees payable to IP Australia are changing as of 1 October 2020. In this article, we cover off the changes in relation to patent fees only. However, trade...

Official fees payable to IP Australia are changing as of 1 October 2020. In this article, we cover off...

10th Aug 2020

Perpetual Motion: the concept that keeps on giving and giving…and giving…

A perpetual motion machine is one that can do infinite work with no energy input. Such a machine is impossible as it would violate the first or second law...

A perpetual motion machine is one that can do infinite work with no energy input. Such a machine is...

4th Aug 2020

Australian patents vs. designs: what are the differences?

It is a common belief that patents and designs share a similar legal basis, particularly as some jurisdictions, such as the United States, label an industrial design right as...

It is a common belief that patents and designs share a similar legal basis, particularly as some jurisdictions, such...