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Keywords go viral: Covid-19 sweeps around the patent world
Covid-19 is not just a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic sweeping across the globe causing hardships and sorrows; it’s also a new word, and the opportunity to look at it through a...
Covid-19 is not just a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic sweeping across the globe causing hardships and sorrows; it’s also a new...
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Testing times for Taiho’s Swiss-style claims
Most practitioners would agree that Swiss-style claims are not their favourite claim format. Swiss-style claims can be difficult to formulate or construe, particularly if the medical use in question...
Most practitioners would agree that Swiss-style claims are not their favourite claim format. Swiss-style claims can be difficult to...
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Reimagining New Zealand Patent “Best Practice”
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 edition of the Patent Lawyer magazine and is republished here with permission. The notion of what constitutes “best practice” when it comes...
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 edition of the Patent Lawyer magazine and is republished here with...
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Spruson & Ferguson a gold sponsor of IPBC Australasia
Spruson & Ferguson is delighted to be a gold sponsor of this week’s IP Business Congress (IPBC) Southeast Asia in Singapore.
Spruson & Ferguson is delighted to be a gold sponsor of this week’s IP Business Congress (IPBC) Southeast Asia...
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Who owns a nickname? AUNTY HELEN registration refused in New Zealand
James Craig Benson v Helen Elizabeth Clark NZIPOTM 6 Whether endearing or disparaging, Australians and New Zealanders have been giving each other nicknames for well over a century, and...
James Craig Benson v Helen Elizabeth Clark NZIPOTM 6 Whether endearing or disparaging, Australians and New Zealanders have been...
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Biologische blocks Cresilon’s application to register TRAUMAGEL trade mark
Cresilon, Inc v Biologische Heilmittel Heel GmbH NZIPOTM 13 (23 June 2021) In this case, Biologische Heilmittel Heel GmbH (“Biologische”) succeeded in preventing the registration of the TRAUMAGEL trade...
Cresilon, Inc v Biologische Heilmittel Heel GmbH NZIPOTM 13 (23 June 2021) In this case, Biologische Heilmittel Heel GmbH...
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JULES TAYLOR not confusingly similar to TAYLORS for wines other than ports
Jules Taylor Holdings Limited v Taylor, Fladgate & Yeatman Limited NZIPOTM 12 (9 June 2021) An existing registration for TAYLOR’S and awareness of this mark in New Zealand was...
Jules Taylor Holdings Limited v Taylor, Fladgate & Yeatman Limited NZIPOTM 12 (9 June 2021) An existing registration for...
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The path to commercialisation: 10 things to consider after filing a provisional patent application
Significant resources are involved in research and development and conceiving patentable inventions, and the journey to commercialising an innovation is an equally large and involved task. Intellectual property (IP),...
Significant resources are involved in research and development and conceiving patentable inventions, and the journey to commercialising an innovation...
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Cat fight? Caterpillar bulldoze Puma in procat trade mark stoush
Caterpillar have successfully appealed a decision by the Registrar to dismiss their opposition to registration of Puma’s procat mark (as shown below) for goods in Classes 18 and 25. O’Bryan...
Caterpillar have successfully appealed a decision by the Registrar to dismiss their opposition to registration of Puma’s procat mark...
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