Patents Archives - Page 6 of 63 - Spruson & Ferguson

5th Apr 2022

The innovation patent system was intended to be a second tier patent system. Advantageously, the innovation patent served the needs of Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) finding it difficult...

The innovation patent system was intended to be a second tier patent system. Advantageously, the innovation patent served the...

23rd Mar 2022

Full Federal Court Doubles Down on Pharmaceutical Patent Term Extensions

In two appeal judgements handed down concurrently on 18 March 2022, the Full Federal Court has clarified that a pharmaceutical patent term extension (PTE) for a patent should be...

In two appeal judgements handed down concurrently on 18 March 2022, the Full Federal Court has clarified that a...

22nd Mar 2022

Malaysia’s New Patents (Amendment) Act 2022

The Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) has announced a Patents (Amendment) Act 2022 that comes into force on 18 March 2022. The amendments take into account Malaysia’s commitments...

The Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) has announced a Patents (Amendment) Act 2022 that comes into force on...

14th Mar 2022

A brief guide to navigating the complexities of trade secrets vs patent protection

In the course of developing new products and services, innovative businesses often develop commercially significant inventions. The natural question is then how to protect those inventions for their own...

In the course of developing new products and services, innovative businesses often develop commercially significant inventions. The natural question...

8th Mar 2022

Recognising S&F’s first bias breaker this International Women’s Day

This year the theme of International Women’s Day is breaking the bias and for Spruson & Ferguson we don’t need to look far for early inspiration. Miss Mary Murray joined...

This year the theme of International Women’s Day is breaking the bias and for Spruson & Ferguson we don’t...

25th Feb 2022

New Zealand becomes the latest jurisdiction to deny inventorship to AI: Is it time to update the definition of an inventor?

Two patent applications filed at the European Patent Office (EPO) naming an Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the sole inventor marked the start of a series of applications testing the...

Two patent applications filed at the European Patent Office (EPO) naming an Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the sole inventor...

22nd Feb 2022

Keywords go viral: Covid-19 sweeps around the patent world

Covid-19 is not just a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic sweeping across the globe causing hardships and sorrows; it’s also a new word, and the opportunity to look at it through a...

Covid-19 is not just a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic sweeping across the globe causing hardships and sorrows; it’s also a new...

21st Feb 2022

Options and strategies for challenging the validity of standard patent rights in Australia

There are a variety of reasons why it may be important to challenge patent rights. One of the most common reasons is freedom to operate - in other words,...

There are a variety of reasons why it may be important to challenge patent rights. One of the most...

14th Feb 2022

It’s knot what you know, it’s shoe you know…here’s the long and the short on shoelaces

Shoelaces, shoestrings, bootlaces—whatever you call them—have been around for a very long time. Shoelaces have been found in shoes that are more than 5,000 years old, which is amazing...

Shoelaces, shoestrings, bootlaces—whatever you call them—have been around for a very long time. Shoelaces have been found in shoes...

11th Feb 2022

Testing times for Taiho’s Swiss-style claims

Most practitioners would agree that Swiss-style claims are not their favourite claim format. Swiss-style claims can be difficult to formulate or construe, particularly if the medical use in question...

Most practitioners would agree that Swiss-style claims are not their favourite claim format. Swiss-style claims can be difficult to...

3rd Feb 2022

Formal Pre-Grant Third Party Observation and Post-Grant Re-Examination Procedures in Singapore

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has recently introduced some amendments to the Singapore Patents Act and Rules that took effect from 1 October 2021. The amendments mainly...

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has recently introduced some amendments to the Singapore Patents Act and Rules...

25th Jan 2022

Singapore accepts International Applications filed in Chinese

On 1 January 2017, an amendment in rule 116 of the Singapore Patents Rules which introduces Chinese, in addition to English, as a language for international applications and request...

On 1 January 2017, an amendment in rule 116 of the Singapore Patents Rules which introduces Chinese, in addition...