novelty Archives - Spruson & Ferguson

3rd Jul 2024

Is your invention a “sausage machine”? Why some great ideas don’t make the grade

Some inventions cannot be patented because they lack 'novelty' and 'inventive step'. This article discusses how to determine between inventive and a 'mere collocation of integers'.

Some inventions cannot be patented because they lack 'novelty' and 'inventive step'. This article discusses how to determine between...

16th Oct 2018

Patents of Addition: A Strategy to Protect Improvements or Modifications in an Invention in Australia and New Zealand

With Australia’s second tier innovation patent system set to be phased out, as we have reported previously, this will remove an option for protecting improvements in Australia with a...

With Australia’s second tier innovation patent system set to be phased out, as we have reported previously, this will...

13th Apr 2017

New Zealand Patent Law Update: Proposed Changes to 2013 Act to Prevent “Daisy-Chaining” of 1953 Act Divisional Applications

The New Zealand Patent Office (IPONZ) and the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) recently completed a round of consultation on proposed changes to section 258 of the...

The New Zealand Patent Office (IPONZ) and the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) recently completed a round...

5th Mar 2013

Case Note: DSI Australia (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Garford Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 132

The Federal Court has delivered judgment in DSI Australia (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Garford Pty Ltd FCA 132 (28 February 2013), a patent case where the Court found...

The Federal Court has delivered judgment in DSI Australia (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Garford Pty Ltd FCA 132...