AUSTRALASIA
Improved IPO website in Papua New Guinea (PNG) unveiled
Securing protection for your intellectual property in the South Pacific can often be both challenging and time-consuming.  If registration is available (which is not always the case), the registration...
Securing protection for your intellectual property in the South Pacific can often be both challenging and time-consuming.  If registration...
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AUSTRALASIA
Australia Update: IP Australia announces a reduction in PCT fees
Following the directives adopted by the PCT Assembly, IP Australia has announced updated fees for PCT applications. The updated fees will be published in the Australian Official Journal of...
Following the directives adopted by the PCT Assembly, IP Australia has announced updated fees for PCT applications. The updated...
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GREATER CHINA
China Invention Patents can be validated in Cambodia
On 21 September 2017, the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO) and Cambodia's Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts (MIH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
On 21 September 2017, the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO) and Cambodia's Ministry...
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AUSTRALASIA
Development of IP Laws Amendment Bills proceeding – innovation patents to be phased out
Significant changes to Australia’s intellectual property laws will continue to develop in 2018. Concerning patents, the more controversial changes include the phasing out of Australia’s innovation patent system, and...
Significant changes to Australia’s intellectual property laws will continue to develop in 2018. Concerning patents, the more controversial changes...
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AUSTRALASIA
Pfizer succeeds in Full Federal Court appeal and will now receive preliminary discovery regarding possible infringement of biological medicine process patents
We previously reported on the 21 March 2017 decision of Burley J of the Federal Court of Australia in Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals v Samsung Bioepis AU Pty Ltd  FCA 285, in which...
We previously reported on the 21 March 2017 decision of Burley J of the Federal Court of Australia in Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals...
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AUSTRALASIA
The Patent Office provides clarity regarding enablement of polypeptide claims
Australia has relatively recently implemented support laws that require a specification to provide sufficient information to enable the skilled person to perform an invention over the entire scope of the claims...
Australia has relatively recently implemented support laws that require a specification to provide sufficient information to enable the skilled person to...
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
Singapore Update: IPOS releases revised examination guidelines
On 30 October 2017, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) published its revised Examination Guidelines, following legislative changes made to the Singapore Patents Act. The key amendments to...
On 30 October 2017, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) published its revised Examination Guidelines, following legislative changes...
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AUSTRALASIA
Australia Update: Swiss style claims and patent term extension
Under Australian patent law, the term of a pharmaceutical patent may be extended if certain criteria are met. In this regard, a patent term extension (PTE) of up to...
Under Australian patent law, the term of a pharmaceutical patent may be extended if certain criteria are met. In...
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AUSTRALASIA
Missed an Australian patent deadline? Here’s what to do
In some jurisdictions, patent prosecution deadlines and deadlines for payment of maintenance fees (sometimes called renewal fees) are a “life and death” issue and missing a deadline can be...
In some jurisdictions, patent prosecution deadlines and deadlines for payment of maintenance fees (sometimes called renewal fees) are a...
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
IPOS signals upcoming changes to examination guidelines in Singapore
Based on a circular released by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) on 6 October 2017, there will be upcoming changes to the examination guidelines in Singapore.
Based on a circular released by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) on 6 October 2017, there will...
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