Use of prophetic examples in patent specifications
Prophetic examples, sometimes referred to as “paper”, “speculative”, “fictitious” or “hypothetical” examples, are examples that are sometimes included into a patent specification that describe experiments that have not yet...
Prophetic examples, sometimes referred to as “paper”, “speculative”, “fictitious” or “hypothetical” examples, are examples that are sometimes included into...
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Legal 500 Country Guide | Patent litigation in Australia
Spruson & Ferguson Lawyers has again provided expert content for the 2025 edition of the Legal 500 Country Guide to patent litigation laws and regulation in Australia. These useful guides...
Spruson & Ferguson Lawyers has again provided expert content for the 2025 edition of the Legal 500 Country Guide...
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The 2023 IP year in review, and predictions for 2024
In Australia, February signals a return from the beach, children back to school after a long summer break and of course the usual traffic woes! At Spruson & Ferguson Lawyers,...
In Australia, February signals a return from the beach, children back to school after a long summer break and...
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The practice of incorporation by reference in patent specifications
Key takeaways Cross-references to other documents merely to provide background information or prior art, or to illustrate subsidiary features, are not objectionable provided that the document was publicly available on...
Key takeaways Cross-references to other documents merely to provide background information or prior art, or to illustrate subsidiary features, are...
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Inventive concept is at the heart of entitlement
Introduction Following on from our previous article where we looked at the options to contest entitlement at the Australian Patent Office under the Patents Act 1990 (under section 36 and...
Introduction Following on from our previous article where we looked at the options to contest entitlement at the Australian Patent...
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‘Suffering Succotash’: Someone stole my IP!
Introduction The first thought that likely comes to mind when people think of IP theft is corporate espionage. This might involve a nefarious individual who has managed to join a...
Introduction The first thought that likely comes to mind when people think of IP theft is corporate espionage. This might...
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Crowdsourcing: How is intellectual property important?
Crowdsourcing can currently be defined as “the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people and especially from the online...
Crowdsourcing can currently be defined as “the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from...
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TGA proposes far-reaching changes to support the repurposing of prescription medicines
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has commenced a timely public consultation into the repurposing of prescription medicines, which seeks to better understand the incentives and potential hurdles influencing sponsors’...
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has commenced a timely public consultation into the repurposing of prescription medicines, which seeks...
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Pfizer preliminary discovery attempt on ERELZI fails
In this Federal Court case, Pfizer’s attempt to obtain documentation from Sandoz regarding its ERELZI etanercept product failed, Justice Burley finding that undertakings provided by Sandoz to give notice...
In this Federal Court case, Pfizer’s attempt to obtain documentation from Sandoz regarding its ERELZI etanercept product failed, Justice...
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