Omnibus Claims Revisited – Not quite dead yet!
Omnibus claims are claims which refer directly to the specification and/or drawings of an application. These are commonly of the form “A substantially as herein before...
Omnibus claims are claims which refer directly to the specification and/or drawings of an application. These are commonly of...
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Singapore: IP Sector Boosts High Value-Added Jobs
A recent manpower survey by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) revealed that in line with its goal of becoming a Global IP Hub in Asia, Singapore's IP...
A recent manpower survey by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) revealed that in line with its goal...
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The murkier sides of patent licensing
Patent licensing should be straightforward. A company owns a patent, and a third party wants permission to exploit whatever the patent covers. So the company grants the third party...
Patent licensing should be straightforward. A company owns a patent, and a third party wants permission to exploit whatever...
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Are you concerned? Keeping ownership on the Register of Patents updated
Ownership of both patents and patent applications may be, and often is, transferred between parties. Section 187 of the Patents Act requires details of assignments or other changes in...
Ownership of both patents and patent applications may be, and often is, transferred between parties. Section 187 of the...
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Protecting your IP rights at Trade Fairs
A Guide for small and medium sized Australian companies Small to medium sized Australian companies often visit domestic and international trade fairs. Trade fairs can be time and (often) sector...
A Guide for small and medium sized Australian companies Small to medium sized Australian companies often visit domestic and international...
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IP In Depth: Patentable Biotechnology – A comparative analysis of key markets
There is extraordinary complexity and optimization underlying even comparatively ‘simple’ organisms. These powerful biological products and processes provide a great opportunity for humans; developing, building on and incorporating these...
There is extraordinary complexity and optimization underlying even comparatively ‘simple’ organisms. These powerful biological products and processes provide a...
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Limitations of Extension of Time Provisions
As some of you may know, the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 (Cth), which took effect on 15 April 2013, introduced a number of significant...
As some of you may know, the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 (Cth), which took...
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How to calculate patent expiry dates in the United States
Calculating patent expiries for most countries is relatively straightforward. Some countries even calculate it for you and display it in a field in their online databases. Why then, is...
Calculating patent expiries for most countries is relatively straightforward. Some countries even calculate it for you and display it...
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Singapore: Collaboration with Cambodia Under Way
On January 20 2015, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and Cambodia's Ministry of Industry and Handicraft (MIH). Under the...
On January 20 2015, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)...
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