Intellectual Property
From securing your IP rights and managing IP portfolio to enforcing IP assets against infringers, we cover the full range of IP issues throughout the entire lifecycle of IP assets.
We understand how crucial IP assets are to your business and can assist you in navigating the regulatory landscape by partnering with you to safeguard, and maximise the value of, your intellectual property rights.
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30 March 2022
Recent Reforms to the Australian Designs Act
According to the recent reforms to the Australia Designs Act 2003 (Cth) (the Act), amended by enactment of the Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Act 2021, Australian design laws became more flexible and its registration system more streamlined. The key amendments that came into effect as of 10 March 2022 are below. Introduction of a Grace Period The introduction of a grace period is the most noticeable change to the Act.
IP Strategy & Management
04 March 2022
Australian patent term extension in favour of patentees
Australian patent term extension in favour of patentees - Ono Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCA 643 Summary: · Ono Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd’s (Ono) Australian patent No. 2011203119 concerns two cancer drugs: third party’s KEYTRUDA and the patentee’s own OPDIVO. · Both KEYTRUDA and OPDIVO received regulatory approval in Australia, but the third party’s KEYTRUDA was approved earlier than the patentee’s own OPDIVO.
IP Strategy & Management
25 November 2021
Introduction of New Australian Domain Name
The auDA (.au Domain Administration Ltd) manages and oversees the development and administration of Australian domains such as .com.au, .net.au, and .org.au. Australian domain names must meet the auDA’s minimum registration criteria, and only an Australian company, a foreign company registered in Australia, or an applicant or a registrant of the Australian trade mark are eligible for registration. The domain name should also be in the applicant’s legal name, business name, Australian trade name, or brand name closely associated with its trading name.
Patents,IP Strategy & Management
17 September 2021
Is it possible for an AI (Artificial Intelligence) to be an inventor?
Is it possible for an AI (Artificial Intelligence) to be an inventor? - Thaler v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCA 879 Summary: ● Dr Stephen Thaler (Thaler) filed an Australian patent application for an invention that was created autonomously by an AI system called ‘DABUS’. ● IP Australia rejected the patent application, determining that only a human can be named as an inventor for an Australian patent.
Trade Marks
29 October 2020
Australia Trade marks Law
Australia’s intellectual property office, IP Australia (www.ipaustralia.gov.au), and New Zealand’s intellectual property office, IPONZ (www.iponz.govt.nsw), are their respective countries’ intellectual property rights administrative agencies. IP Australia and IPONZ administer applications for trade marks and handle oppositions to intellectual property rights. They also process other administrative work such as renewal, transfer and cancellation of trade marks.
Patents
23 October 2020
IP Australia Fee Changes from 1 October 2020
IP Australia’s 2019-2020 fee review has resulted in changes to various official fees within the Australian Government Charging Framework. The aim of the changes is to ensure the recovery of fees from the administration of intellectual property rights systems. The changes are effective 1 October 2020.