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AUSTRALASIA

11th Mar 2021

Changes to .au domain name rules – implications for Australian trade mark owners

.au Domain Administration Limited (the administrator of .au domain names) is introducing a new set of rules for those who wish to hold, or continue to hold, a .au...

.au Domain Administration Limited (the administrator of .au domain names) is introducing a new set of rules for those...

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AUSTRALASIA

10th Mar 2021

A bar to re-examination

In Australia, there are different options to challenge the validity of a patent application or granted patent.  This can be of significant interest from a freedom to operate perspective...

In Australia, there are different options to challenge the validity of a patent application or granted patent.  This can...

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AUSTRALASIA

9th Mar 2021

The coming age of grace (period) for Designs

Proposed changes to the Australian Designs Act 2003, introducing a 12-month grace period The Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Bill 2020 was first introduced to the Senate...

Proposed changes to the Australian Designs Act 2003, introducing a 12-month grace period The Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual...

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AUSTRALASIA

4th Mar 2021

2021: An AI Inventor Odyssey

As part of a global series of cases testing the boundaries of what it means to be an inventor, the Australian Patent Office ("APO") has now had its say...

As part of a global series of cases testing the boundaries of what it means to be an inventor,...

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AUSTRALASIA

17th Feb 2021

Spruson & Ferguson awarded multiple rankings in WTR 1000

Spruson & Ferguson has once again been highly recommended in the 2020 edition of the World Trademark Review 1000 (WTR). 

Spruson & Ferguson has once again been highly recommended in the 2020 edition of the World Trademark Review 1000...

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AUSTRALASIA

16th Feb 2021

Long-running patent dispute relating to Lundbeck’s Lexapro reaches High Court for a third time

Sandoz Pty Ltd v H Lundbeck A/S FCAFC 133 (4 August 2020) In the long-running patent dispute relating to Lundbeck’s blockbuster antidepressant, Lexapro® (escitalopram), the Full Court of Australia’s...

Sandoz Pty Ltd v H Lundbeck A/S FCAFC 133 (4 August 2020) In the long-running patent dispute relating to...

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AUSTRALASIA

16th Feb 2021

Patenting in Papua New Guinea

Following recent modernisation improvements, the Patent Office now accepts most documents as electronic lodgements (except for some lodgement forms which still require the originals to be filed). This...

Following recent modernisation improvements, the Patent Office now accepts most documents as electronic lodgements (except for some lodgement forms...

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AUSTRALASIA

15th Feb 2021

Crown use defence to infringement and the effect of disclosure by the crown on validity

Axent Holdings Pty Ltd t/a Axent Global v Compusign Australia Pty Ltd FCA 1373 (25 September 2020)  This decision of Kenny J of the Federal Court of Australia...

Axent Holdings Pty Ltd t/a Axent Global v Compusign Australia Pty Ltd FCA 1373 (25 September 2020)  This...

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AUSTRALASIA

11th Feb 2021

Question & Answer with a patent attorney

This themed series of articles will answer some common questions encountered in patent law. The series commences with a discussion on prior art.

This themed series of articles will answer some common questions encountered in patent law. The series commences with a...

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AUSTRALASIA

5th Feb 2021

Pfizer preliminary discovery attempt on ERELZI fails

In this Federal Court case, Pfizer’s attempt to obtain documentation from Sandoz regarding its ERELZI etanercept product failed, Justice Burley finding that undertakings provided by Sandoz to give notice...

In this Federal Court case, Pfizer’s attempt to obtain documentation from Sandoz regarding its ERELZI etanercept product failed, Justice...

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AUSTRALASIA

3rd Feb 2021

MSD blocked from raising public interest defence to injunction in Prevnar vaccine case

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp v Wyeth LLC (No 4) FCA 1719 In a previous article, we discussed Justice Stephen Burley’s finding that a Wyeth patent covering certain vaccines...

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp v Wyeth LLC (No 4) FCA 1719 In a previous article, we discussed Justice...

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AUSTRALASIA

28th Jan 2021

Spruson & Ferguson expands Chemical & Life Sciences team with three new hires

Spruson & Ferguson is pleased to announce the appointment of Brendan Nugent, Catherine Winbanks, and James Beckett, who have joined the Chemical and Life Sciences team in our Brisbane and Melbourne offices. Brendan Nugent...

Spruson & Ferguson is pleased to announce the appointment of Brendan Nugent, Catherine Winbanks, and James Beckett, who have joined the Chemical...

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