Reimagining New Zealand Patent “Best Practice”
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 edition of the Patent Lawyer magazine and is republished here with permission. The notion of what constitutes “best practice” when it comes...
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 edition of the Patent Lawyer magazine and is republished here with...
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Post-grant opposition procedures in Indonesia
In Indonesia, third-parties may file a request for post-grant opposition before a Patent Appeal Commission. The Commission is not part of the Patent Office but is an independent commission...
In Indonesia, third-parties may file a request for post-grant opposition before a Patent Appeal Commission. The Commission is not...
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Spruson & Ferguson a gold sponsor of IPBC Australasia
Spruson & Ferguson is delighted to be a gold sponsor of this week’s IP Business Congress (IPBC) Southeast Asia in Singapore.
Spruson & Ferguson is delighted to be a gold sponsor of this week’s IP Business Congress (IPBC) Southeast Asia...
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Patent term extensions in Singapore
Singapore currently stands as the only country in the Southeast Asian region where Patent Term Extensions (PTE) are possible, at least in theory. In practice, however, the stringent conditions...
Singapore currently stands as the only country in the Southeast Asian region where Patent Term Extensions (PTE) are possible,...
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なぜ我々の創造物は創造できないのか
Thaler v Commissioner of Patents FCA 879 オーストラリア連邦裁判所は、オーストラリア特許庁による先の審決を覆し、人工知能(AI)がオーストラリア特許出願の発明者になり得ると結論づけました。発明者であることの意味の境界を試す世界的な一連の事件の一つとして、この判決はAIを特許出願の発明者として認めた最初の判決であると思われます。
Thaler v Commissioner of Patents FCA 879 オーストラリア連邦裁判所は、オーストラリア特許庁による先の審決を覆し、人工知能(AI)がオーストラリア特許出願の発明者になり得ると結論づけました。発明者であることの意味の境界を試す世界的な一連の事件の一つとして、この判決はAIを特許出願の発明者として認めた最初の判決であると思われます。
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Patentability of known pharmaceutical substances in the Philippines
According to the Philippines Intellectual Property Code, the following in relation to pharmaceutical substances are not patent eligible and do not possess inventive step: the mere discovery of a new...
According to the Philippines Intellectual Property Code, the following in relation to pharmaceutical substances are not patent eligible and...
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Dead or Alive: Statuses, Patent Expiries and Kind Codes – Part 3
I'm exploring statuses, patent expiries and kind codes in a three part series of articles.  The first article on statuses can be found here, and the second article on...
I'm exploring statuses, patent expiries and kind codes in a three part series of articles.  The first article on...
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