The AIM Incentive
The Australian government is looking into introducing a scheme to provide tax incentives to companies that exploit Australian innovation in Australia. By way of background, such schemes, commonly referred to...
The Australian government is looking into introducing a scheme to provide tax incentives to companies that exploit Australian innovation...
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IPOS ’ IP Competency Framework to be Adopted by LawSoc, ASPA & IES
Following the launch of the first-of-its-kind Intellectual Property Competency Framework (IPCF) last year, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has concluded three new agreements on its adoption today.
Following the launch of the first-of-its-kind Intellectual Property Competency Framework (IPCF) last year, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore...
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Australia Enhances Capability to Rectify Patent Register
A decision of the Australian Federal Court in February 2014 provides a prompt for a reminder about changes last year regarding rectification of the Register of Patents (“Register”). On...
A decision of the Australian Federal Court in February 2014 provides a prompt for a reminder about changes last...
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Win for patent pools
The Federal Court of Australia recently considered in MPEG LA, L.L.C. v Regency Media Pty Ltd FCA 180 (6 March 2014) the statutory right to terminate a contract...
The Federal Court of Australia recently considered in MPEG LA, L.L.C. v Regency Media Pty Ltd FCA 180...
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India Information Sheet 2014
The Indian Patent Office (IPIndia) has published an amendment to the Patent Rules, which has come into effect on 28 February 2014. For your ease of reference, we have...
The Indian Patent Office (IPIndia) has published an amendment to the Patent Rules, which has come into effect on...
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The End of the Pharmaceutical Patents Review in Australia
In what has been a particularly busy couple of years in terms of reviews and changes to the patent system in Australia one of the major reviews of interest...
In what has been a particularly busy couple of years in terms of reviews and changes to the patent...
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Inventive Step Evidence Fails to Find Traction with the Federal Court
Establishing whether an invention involves an inventive step may at times equate to determining the length of the proverbial piece of string. In Cronk v Commissioner of Patents ...
Establishing whether an invention involves an inventive step may at times equate to determining the length of the proverbial...
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Inventive in 1952. Not so Inventive in 2014
No component of Australian patent law has invoked as much drama or evolved as much as “inventive step/obviousness”. Obviousness has long been considered an abstract idea. Nevertheless, legislators have...
No component of Australian patent law has invoked as much drama or evolved as much as “inventive step/obviousness”. Obviousness...
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Microsoft Buys Nokia Patents
Microsoft’s Nokia Acquisition in China Expected to Face Limits on Patent Licensing Fees. A recently published report suggests that China's Ministry of Commerce may consider antitrust violations if Microsoft is...
Microsoft’s Nokia Acquisition in China Expected to Face Limits on Patent Licensing Fees. A recently published report suggests that China's...
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Securing a fair protection term for pharma patents
The process of getting a new pharmaceutical to market is a long and complex one. This can create a problem for those seeking to protect a new pharmaceutical innovation;...
The process of getting a new pharmaceutical to market is a long and complex one. This can create a...
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