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AUSTRALASIA

21st Aug 2017

Should the Australian Patent Office be denying patent eligibility to cDNA inventions?

In this, the first of a trilogy of articles investigating specific areas of Australian Patent Office examination practice, I consider how the High Court’s decision in D’Arcy v Myriad Genetics...

In this, the first of a trilogy of articles investigating specific areas of Australian Patent Office examination practice, I...

AUSTRALASIA

18th Aug 2017

Australia Update: Patent Term Extensions Not Available on the Basis of Swiss-style Claims

AbbVie Biotechnology Ltd v Commissioner of Patents AATA 682 has been overturned. Today, the Full Federal Court set aside a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal thereby making...

AbbVie Biotechnology Ltd v Commissioner of Patents AATA 682 has been overturned. Today, the Full Federal Court set...

AUSTRALASIA

14th Aug 2017

What use is a patent if you can’t afford to enforce it?

As patent attorneys working with start-ups, we are often asked: “What can my start-up do to protect its innovative IP if we can’t afford to enforce a patent? Is...

As patent attorneys working with start-ups, we are often asked: “What can my start-up do to protect its innovative...

AUSTRALASIA

13th Aug 2017

New Zealand’s Patents Act 2013 – support means support (which is more than fair basis)

When New Zealand’s new Patents Act 2013 commenced on 13 September 2014, one of the less-heralded changes was the shift in the invention disclosure requirement from “fair basis” under the old...

When New Zealand’s new Patents Act 2013 commenced on 13 September 2014, one of the less-heralded changes was the shift in...

AUSTRALASIA

7th Aug 2017

Sendle posts win over Australia Post

Sendle is a recently established online Australian delivery service that offers discounted postal services. In 2015, Sendle achieved acceptance of the trade mark Post without the Office. The registration...

Sendle is a recently established online Australian delivery service that offers discounted postal services. In 2015, Sendle achieved acceptance...

AUSTRALASIA

3rd Aug 2017

Trident Seafoods Corporation v Trident Foods Pty Limited [2017] ATMO 39

Trident Seafoods (the Opponent) opposed the registration of the trade mark TRIDENT in the name of Trident Foods (the Applicant) that covered a range of Class 29 and 30...

Trident Seafoods (the Opponent) opposed the registration of the trade mark TRIDENT in the name of Trident Foods (the...

AUSTRALASIA

3rd Aug 2017

Melaleuca, Inc v Reckitt Benckiser N.V. [2017] NZIPOTM 12 (5 April 2017)

Reckitt Benckiser N.V. (“Reckitt”) opposed Melaleuca, Inc. (“Melaleuca”)’s application No. 732366 to register the mark DIAMOND BRITE in relation to “automatic detergents” in class 3.

Reckitt Benckiser N.V. (“Reckitt”) opposed Melaleuca, Inc. (“Melaleuca”)’s application No. 732366 to register the mark DIAMOND BRITE in relation...

AUSTRALASIA

3rd Aug 2017

Monster Energy Company v Lo Chun-Hua [2017] ATMO 33

Monster Energy opposed the registration of the below trade mark filed by Lo Chun-Hua covering various food and beverage services (bar and cafeteria services) in Class 43. Monster Energy pressed...

Monster Energy opposed the registration of the below trade mark filed by Lo Chun-Hua covering various food and beverage...

AUSTRALASIA

3rd Aug 2017

N.V Sumatra Tobacco Trading Company v CTBAT International Co. Limited [2017] NZIPOTM 9 (10 March 2017)

CTBAT International Co. Limited (“CTBAT”) filed a non-use revocation action against Registration No. 607819 DOUBLE HAPPINESS owned by N.V. Sumatra (“Sumatra”).

CTBAT International Co. Limited (“CTBAT”) filed a non-use revocation action against Registration No. 607819 DOUBLE HAPPINESS owned by N.V....

AUSTRALASIA

3rd Aug 2017

Amazon Technologies, Inc. [2017] ATMO 44 (16 May 2017)

This matter concerned an application filed by Amazon to register the trade mark ASAP covering various goods and services, including software (Class 9), communication services (Class 38), entertainment services...

This matter concerned an application filed by Amazon to register the trade mark ASAP covering various goods and services,...

AUSTRALASIA

3rd Aug 2017

Kellogg Company v TJ Kokkinakis Pty Ltd [2017] ATMO 58

This matter concerned an opposition by Kellogg Company to the registration of the trade mark SPECIAL K by TJ Kokkinakis Pty Ltd (a company associated with the Australian tennis...

This matter concerned an opposition by Kellogg Company to the registration of the trade mark SPECIAL K by TJ...

AUSTRALASIA

3rd Aug 2017

Brands Limited v Liberty Procurement Co. Inc. [2017] ATMO 35 (24 April 2017)

Liberty Procurement applied to register the trade mark BED BATH & BEYOND covering retail services (Class 35). That application was opposed by Brands Limited pressing sections 58 and...

Liberty Procurement applied to register the trade mark BED BATH & BEYOND covering retail services (Class 35). That...

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