IP Strategy & Management

The dynamic nature of the IP industry demands successful commercialisation and appropriate strategies. We partner with you in developing a strategy for acquiring, developing, licensing and renewing your intellectual property rights.

Our strategic approach prioritises your business goals. We focus not only on enhancing your IP commercialisation but also on advising you on what you need and how to get there, always with your commercial interests in mind.

Professionals

Noel Kim

Consultant

Tin-Lok Shea

Partner

Related Insights

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.