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17th Feb 2017

Did you know how to use your patent to gain tax incentives for your investors?

Did you know that an Early Stage Investor is entitled to tax incentives if the company is an Early Stage Innovation Company (ESIC)? Further, that so long as the ESIC...

Did you know that an Early Stage Investor is entitled to tax incentives if the company is an Early...

16th Feb 2017

Australia Update: When is applying for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme not an infringement?

In the most recent judgement in the Australian Lyrica® litigation Nicholas J has delivered an interesting decision regarding whether applying for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) listing constitutes infringement of...

In the most recent judgement in the Australian Lyrica® litigation Nicholas J has delivered an interesting decision regarding whether...

8th Feb 2017

Plant Breeder’s Rights in Australia

People who know me well, know that I endeavour to tread lightly on this earth, minimizing my footprint as best I can. This encompasses actions my parents instilled in...

People who know me well, know that I endeavour to tread lightly on this earth, minimizing my footprint as...

6th Feb 2017

Singapore Update: IPOS lowers Filing Fees for Intellectual Property Protection from 1 April 2017

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) announced last week that the fees for patent search and examination reports and for trade mark applications will be reduced effective 1...

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) announced last week that the fees for patent search and examination reports...

25th Jan 2017

Secretly using your own invention can jeopardise your patent

Essentially, ‘secret use’ is considered to be any use of the invention, prior to filing a patent application, where the aim of the use is to achieve commercial gain for...

Essentially, ‘secret use’ is considered to be any use of the invention, prior to filing a patent application, where the...

13th Jan 2017

Singapore Update: IPOS Revokes Patent Obtained by Misrepresentation

A recent judgement by the Hearing and Mediation Group of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has highlighted the need for inventors to draw a line between inventions developed...

A recent judgement by the Hearing and Mediation Group of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has highlighted the...

11th Jan 2017

The Availability of Unpublished Prior Art in Australia and New Zealand

Complete patent applications that have not been published before the priority date of a patent application, but that have an earlier priority date, may be available for use as...

Complete patent applications that have not been published before the priority date of a patent application, but that have...

10th Jan 2017

Two weeks left to submit a response to IP Australia’s proposed changes to the IP system

As has been widely reported, at the end of November last year, IP Australia released for public feedback an ‘exposure draft’ of a Bill which, when enacted, would become...

As has been widely reported, at the end of November last year, IP Australia released for public feedback an...

3rd Jan 2017

New Year Resolutions

Well here we are, it’s 2017 and no doubt many of you have set personal resolutions for the New Year. The most popular tend to be selected from the...

Well here we are, it’s 2017 and no doubt many of you have set personal resolutions for the New...

22nd Dec 2016

Australian Government releases Productivity Commission’s final report on IP arrangements

In December 2016 the Australian Government released the Productivity Commission's final Report on Intellectual Property (IP) arrangements in Australia.

22nd Dec 2016

Can I file one application covering all of my products?

Inventors are busy people and are often developing more than one product at a time. Often they are also budget conscious and want to cut costs. When it comes...

Inventors are busy people and are often developing more than one product at a time. Often they are also...

14th Dec 2016

Indochina Updates – Developments in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

New official fees in Vietnam to take effect from 1 January 2017 The Ministry of Finance of Vietnam has issued a Circular (No. 263/2016/TT-BTC) stipulating the official fees to be...

New official fees in Vietnam to take effect from 1 January 2017 The Ministry of Finance of Vietnam has issued...