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5th Dec 2019

Spruson & Ferguson practitioners recognised as MIP Rising Stars

Spruson & Ferguson practitioners Rory Anderson, Michelle Lee and Grace Wong have been recognised as Managing Intellectually Property (MIP) Rising Stars in the 2019 IP STARS ranking. Rory Anderson and Michelle Lee are Senior Associates of...

Spruson & Ferguson practitioners Rory Anderson, Michelle Lee and Grace Wong have been recognised as Managing Intellectually Property (MIP) Rising Stars in the 2019 IP STARS...

3rd Dec 2019

Reducing patent application pendency and increasing patent quality in Lao PDR

While an amended version of the Lao Law on Intellectual Property took effect in June 2018, patent applicants can still be frustrated by the lengthy application pendency in the...

While an amended version of the Lao Law on Intellectual Property took effect in June 2018, patent applicants can...

28th Nov 2019

A comparison of the Australian designs system vs. key overseas jurisdictions

Our team of designs specialists has written extensively about filing strategies concerning registered designs in Australia over the years. See, for example: Australian Designs Law - Key features to...

Our team of designs specialists has written extensively about filing strategies concerning registered designs in Australia over the years....

20th Nov 2019

Recent Federal Court Decision Confirming the Current State of Play for Exclusive Licences Under the Patents Act 1990 (Cth)

Introduction When a patent is infringed, it is frequently a licensee rather than the patentee that suffers direct losses as a result of the infringer’s acts. However, standing to sue for infringement...

Introduction When a patent is infringed, it is frequently a licensee rather than the patentee that suffers direct losses as a...

19th Nov 2019

Thailand: Balancing Public Interest and the Rights of Trademark Owners

"I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius...

"I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from...

14th Nov 2019

Changes to Australia’s Industrial Chemicals Regulator: The New Australian Industrial Chemical Introduction Scheme

As we previously reported, a new scheme for the regulation of industrial chemicals will come into effect from 1 July 2020, being the Australian Industrial Chemical Introduction Scheme (the...

As we previously reported, a new scheme for the regulation of industrial chemicals will come into effect from 1...

12th Nov 2019

Singapore: Innovation-Supporting Initiatives are Announced and Reinforced at IP Week

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and eight other ASEAN IP offices announced at IP Week in Singapore in August that under a new ASPEC Acceleration for Industry...

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and eight other ASEAN IP offices announced at IP Week in Singapore...

12th Nov 2019

Recognised as Australian Patent Firm of the Year at Asia IP Awards

Polled from over 5,000 in-house counsels across Asia, Europe and the Americas by Asia IP magazine, we are pleased to announce that Spruson & Ferguson has been recognised as...

Polled from over 5,000 in-house counsels across Asia, Europe and the Americas by Asia IP magazine, we are pleased...

7th Nov 2019

Howden Australia Pty Ltd v Minetek Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 981

This unsuccessful application for an interlocutory injunction highlights some of the difficulties involved in establishing that a breach of confidential information has taken place, and in particular, the difficulty in linking the...

This unsuccessful application for an interlocutory injunction highlights some of the difficulties involved in establishing that a breach of confidential information has...

4th Nov 2019

Now Effective: New Amendments to Guidelines for Patent Examination of CNIPA

The newly amended Guidelines for Patent Examination (“Guidelines”) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) took effect as of 1 November 2019. Compared with the draft amendments published on...

The newly amended Guidelines for Patent Examination (“Guidelines”) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) took effect as...

29th Oct 2019

Vietnam Joins the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs

On 30 September 2019, on behalf of the Government of Vietnam, the Minister of Science and Technology deposited the instrument of accession to the Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement with...

On 30 September 2019, on behalf of the Government of Vietnam, the Minister of Science and Technology deposited the instrument of...

29th Oct 2019

Does my trade mark need to be the same as my business name?

A business name and a trade mark are two different legal concepts.

24th Oct 2019

Case Note: Pinnacle Runway Pty Ltd v Triangl Limited [2019] FCA 1662 (10 October 2019)

In a recent decision, the Federal Court of Australia found that the name given to a style of bikini was not a trade mark. Pinnacle Runway Pty Ltd (“Pinnacle”) owns Australian trade mark...

In a recent decision, the Federal Court of Australia found that the name given to a style of bikini was...

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