A comparison of the Australian designs system vs. key overseas jurisdictions
Our team of designs specialists has written extensively about filing strategies concerning registered designs in Australia over the years. See, for example: Australian Designs Law - Key features to...
Our team of designs specialists has written extensively about filing strategies concerning registered designs in Australia over the years....
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Recognised as Australian Patent Firm of the Year at Asia IP Awards
Polled from over 5,000 in-house counsels across Asia, Europe and the Americas by Asia IP magazine, we are pleased to announce that Spruson & Ferguson has been recognised as...
Polled from over 5,000 in-house counsels across Asia, Europe and the Americas by Asia IP magazine, we are pleased...
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AUSTRALASIA
The examination “red carpet” for cleantech patent applications in Australia
In recent years, IP “buzzwords” have included superconductors, gene patents, business methods and computer software.  Society’s ever-increasing environmental awareness now dictates that “cleantech” is the latest vogue.  The Australian...
In recent years, IP “buzzwords” have included superconductors, gene patents, business methods and computer software.  Society’s ever-increasing environmental awareness...
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AUSTRALASIA
New Australian patents claiming chemical compounds may be vulnerable to revocation
It seems the abolition of Australia’s second-tier patent system, the innovation patent, (as detrimental as this will be for Australian business) could be considered a high-profile distraction to divert attention...
It seems the abolition of Australia’s second-tier patent system, the innovation patent, (as detrimental as this will be for Australian...
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AUSTRALASIA
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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GREATER CHINA
Now Effective: New Amendments to Guidelines for Patent Examination of CNIPA
The newly amended Guidelines for Patent Examination (“Guidelines”) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) took effect as of 1 November 2019. Compared with the draft amendments published on...
The newly amended Guidelines for Patent Examination (“Guidelines”) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) took effect as...
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