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Australia | Lessons from recent interlocutory injunctions in pharmaceutical patent cases 
Is it becoming easier to obtain interlocutory injunctions in Australian pharmaceutical patent cases? We provide an overview of recent decisions in Australia’s Federal Court that shine a light on some key lessons for patent owners.  Overview  In...
Is it becoming easier to obtain interlocutory injunctions in Australian pharmaceutical patent cases? We provide an overview of recent decisions in Australia’s Federal Court that...
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Australia | Part 2: Regulatory considerations for orphan drugs
Following our first article on orphan drug development, which examined key patenting options and strategies, our second article sets out the key regulatory considerations in Australia. Orphan drug patent strategy...
Following our first article on orphan drug development, which examined key patenting options and strategies, our second article sets...
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Australia | Part 1: Patenting orphan drugs
Collectively, rare diseases impact approximately 8% of the Australian population, or around 2 million people. Orphan drugs are pharmaceutical products developed to treat rare diseases, however with each drug...
Collectively, rare diseases impact approximately 8% of the Australian population, or around 2 million people. Orphan drugs are pharmaceutical...
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Australia | Federal Court launches Standard Directions to streamline patent disputes
A new Practice Note introduced by the Federal Court of Australia promises to facilitate more efficient and economical resolution of patent disputes in Australia. The complexities of patent litigation, including...
A new Practice Note introduced by the Federal Court of Australia promises to facilitate more efficient and economical resolution...
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Electronic witnessing of documents under Covid-19
Further to our earlier article on the subject of electronic signatures,  New South Wales is the first state in Australia to enable the electronic witnessing of documents in response...
Further to our earlier article on the subject of electronic signatures,  New South Wales is the first state in...
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Howden Australia Pty Ltd v Minetek Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 981
This unsuccessful application for an interlocutory injunction highlights some of the difficulties involved in establishing that a breach of confidential information has taken place, and in particular, the difficulty in linking the...
This unsuccessful application for an interlocutory injunction highlights some of the difficulties involved in establishing that a breach of confidential information has...
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Case Note: Bauer Consumer Media Ltd v Evergreen Television Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 71
Summary This Full Court Decision concerned whether Bauer Consumer Media Ltd and Bauer Media Pty Ltd (together, Bauer) had fairly put the Trade Mark Applicant, Evergreen Television Pty Ltd (Evergreen) on notice of...
Summary This Full Court Decision concerned whether Bauer Consumer Media Ltd and Bauer Media Pty Ltd (together, Bauer) had fairly put the...
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