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GREATER CHINA

20th Oct 2020

China update: patent law changes become effective 1 June, 2021 – Patent Term Extensions and Patent Linkage systems established

On October 17th, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People’s Republic of China passed the 4th amendment with revisions to most recent draft for reform...

On October 17th, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People’s Republic of China passed the...

AUSTRALASIA

20th Oct 2020

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...

AUSTRALASIA

15th Oct 2020

Intervet parries a challenge to its combination injectable anthelmintic formulation patent application

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. v Intervet International B.V. FCA 1333 Key takeaways: For novelty purposes, expert evidence does not make up for a lack of sufficiently clear and...

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. v Intervet International B.V. FCA 1333 Key takeaways: For novelty purposes, expert evidence does...

AUSTRALASIA

8th Oct 2020

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...

AUSTRALASIA

22nd Sep 2020

Double trouble – how to avoid double patenting in Australia and New Zealand

Divisional applications can be filed voluntarily in both Australia and New Zealand and can be a useful way to protect multiple aspects of an invention or a preferred commercial...

Divisional applications can be filed voluntarily in both Australia and New Zealand and can be a useful way to...

AUSTRALASIA

21st Sep 2020

Pharmaceutical patent term extensions: broader is not always better

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. et al APO 43 (16 September 2020) Background Australia’s Patents Act provides a patent term extension (PTE) to account for the delays that can occur when obtaining...

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. et al APO 43 (16 September 2020) Background Australia’s Patents Act provides a patent term extension (PTE)...

AUSTRALASIA

21st Sep 2020

Tricks of the Trade: Searching the unsearchable

Patent searching is already black magic, wrapped in a puzzle, inside an enigma, passing through a black box, and thinking about how something could be unsearchable is an extra...

Patent searching is already black magic, wrapped in a puzzle, inside an enigma, passing through a black box, and...

AUSTRALASIA

17th Sep 2020

“Reasonableness” in withholding consent in commercialisation partnerships

University of Sydney v ObjectiVision Pty Ltd FAC 1625 It is common for commercial contracts to include provisions that prohibit a party from doing certain things unless with the...

University of Sydney v ObjectiVision Pty Ltd FAC 1625 It is common for commercial contracts to include provisions that...

SOUTHEAST ASIA

1st Sep 2020

IPOS expands cooperation with the Republic of Korea and Lao People’s Democratic Republic for PCT applications

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has expanded its international cooperation with the Republic of Korea and Lao People’s Democratic Republic for applications filed under the Patent Cooperation...

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has expanded its international cooperation with the Republic of Korea and Lao...

27th Aug 2020

IP Australia fee changes effective from 1 October 2020

IP Australia have announced changes to some of their fees, effective from 1st October 2020. The changes are intended to defer some of the costs to the renewal phase of...

IP Australia have announced changes to some of their fees, effective from 1st October 2020. The changes are intended to...

AUSTRALASIA

27th Aug 2020

A practical guide: Commonly asked questions during patent prosecution in Australia and New Zealand

Patent attorneys in Australia and New Zealand, so-called Trans-Tasman patent attorneys, are registered to practise under a joint registration regime. However, the Trans-Tasman patent laws are far from harmonized....

Patent attorneys in Australia and New Zealand, so-called Trans-Tasman patent attorneys, are registered to practise under a joint registration...

AUSTRALASIA

25th Aug 2020

Tricks of the Trade: There’s a word for that (and usually many more)

When Winston Churchill said, “broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all”, he (most likely) wasn’t speaking about the words found in...

When Winston Churchill said, “broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all”,...