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...

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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...

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9th Mar 2022

Electronic signing here to stay for Australian companies

On 22 February 2022, the Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Bill 2021 (Cth) (Bill) received royal assent. It introduces permanent changes to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act)...

On 22 February 2022, the Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Bill 2021 (Cth) (Bill) received royal assent. It introduces...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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7th Dec 2021

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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25th Nov 2021

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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1st Nov 2021

Spruson & Ferguson and Shelston IP combine to create Australia’s largest IP firm

Today Shelston IP joins Spruson & Ferguson Australia to create the largest IP firm in Australia. The newly combined firm will operate under the Spruson & Ferguson brand, which...

Today Shelston IP joins Spruson & Ferguson Australia to create the largest IP firm in Australia. The newly combined...

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28th Oct 2021

Insta, the power of a prefix – Instagram successfully opposes registration of INSTADATE

(Businesses should avoid adopting trade marks that contain elements that indicate well-known trade marks) Instagram LLC v Instagoods Pty Ltd ATMO 53 (16 June 2021) Instagram is often referred to...

(Businesses should avoid adopting trade marks that contain elements that indicate well-known trade marks) Instagram LLC v Instagoods Pty Ltd...

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