Pfizer suffers setback in ENBREL battle
Pfizer suffered a setback last week in its Australian battle to protect ENBREL (etanercept), when its preliminary discovery application against Sandoz was dismissed by Justice Burley in the Federal...
Pfizer suffered a setback last week in its Australian battle to protect ENBREL (etanercept), when its preliminary discovery application...
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二重トラブル – オーストラリアとニュージーランドとで二重特許を回避する方法
分割出願はオーストラリアとニュージーランド両国で任意で行うことができ、発明または好ましい商業的実施形態の複数の側面を保護する有益な方法となり得ます。ただし、いずれの管轄区域も、出願人が親出願と分割出願で同一の主題をクレームすること（すなわち二重特許）を禁止する法律を定めています。オーストラリアとニュージーランドとでは法自体もその解釈もまったく異なるため、通常、親出願と分割出願のクレーム戦略はそれぞれの管轄区域で異なるものとする必要があります。
分割出願はオーストラリアとニュージーランド両国で任意で行うことができ、発明または好ましい商業的実施形態の複数の側面を保護する有益な方法となり得ます。ただし、いずれの管轄区域も、出願人が親出願と分割出願で同一の主題をクレームすること（すなわち二重特許）を禁止する法律を定めています。オーストラリアとニュージーランドとでは法自体もその解釈もまったく異なるため、通常、親出願と分割出願のクレーム戦略はそれぞれの管轄区域で異なるものとする必要があります。
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Extension of time for grace period in Australia
A 12 month “grace period” is provided in Australian Patent law, which allows any information made publicly available, with or without the consent of the applicant, the patentee, or...
A 12 month “grace period” is provided in Australian Patent law, which allows any information made publicly available, with...
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IP-led recovery: putting COVID-19 in the rear-view mirror
There has been a steady decline in innovation in Australia since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2007. This is clear from the Australian Patent Office data which shows...
There has been a steady decline in innovation in Australia since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2007. This...
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Names of Films – Trade Marks or Not Trade Marks?
LION In the recent Trade Marks Office decision of Long Way Home Holdings Pty Ltd v Saroo Brierly Enterprises Pty Ltd ATMO 109, the issue of whether a film...
LION In the recent Trade Marks Office decision of Long Way Home Holdings Pty Ltd v Saroo Brierly Enterprises Pty...
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Brand Protection and Criminal Offences
As IP practitioners, you have probably noticed counterfeit watches being sold at local markets, sometimes hidden from immediate view by the seller.  Over the past ~30 years, growth in...
As IP practitioners, you have probably noticed counterfeit watches being sold at local markets, sometimes hidden from immediate view...
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Australian Patent Office considers the plausibility of Swiss-style claims
Gliknik, Inc. v CSL Behring Lengnau AG  APO 46 (“Gliknik”) concerned a patent application for engineered proteins intended for use as replacements for intravenous immunoglobulin.  The application included claims...
Gliknik, Inc. v CSL Behring Lengnau AG  APO 46 (“Gliknik”) concerned a patent application for engineered proteins intended for...
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Solar Bollard Lighting – Australian leaders in solar lighting solutions
Spruson & Ferguson is pleased to showcase our client, Solar Bollard Lighting who have recently received the prestigious Good Design Award Gold Accolade in the Product Design Furniture and...
Spruson & Ferguson is pleased to showcase our client, Solar Bollard Lighting who have recently received the prestigious Good...
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What is an intermediate generalisation anyway?
The Australian provisions outlining whether an amendment to a patent specification is allowable or not were revised with the IP Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 which came...
The Australian provisions outlining whether an amendment to a patent specification is allowable or not were revised with the...
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