Review of the Innovation Patent System Final Report
16 July 2014
The Australian Government Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (“ACIP”) has recently recommended several changes to the innovation patent system.
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WIPO program encourages research into neglected diseases
5 May 2014
A novel WIPO program brings IP owners and researchers together to facilitate scientific research into neglected diseases, with the aim of bringing royalty-free treatments to least developed countries.
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The times they are a changin’? Innovation patents system review
26 September 2013
The Options Paper of the Australian Government’s Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP), issued in August 2013, sets out various reform options for innovation patents, including their complete abolition. Final submissions on ACIP’s review of innovation patents, initiated in 2011, can be submitted to [email protected] by 4 October 2013.
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A black and white ban on software patents in NZ? Not ‘as such’…
5 September 2013
Last week, proposed amendments to the Patents Act (NZ) excluding computer programs (software) from patentable subject matter met with overwhelming approval.
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More patent changes on the way: compulsory licensing and a trans-Tasman regime
5 September 2013
In a big year for changes to patent legislation, more changes are on the way in the form of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2013 (Cth).
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Software Patents Strike Back – RPL Central v Commissioner of Patents
2 September 2013
It’s been a busy year in software patents, all over the world. We’ve had decisions on this issue in Australia, headlined by Research Affiliates in February, and in the US the Federal Circuit split 5:5 in a case concerning an Australian company, Alice v CLS Bank in April. More recently, the New Zealand parliament passed a new Patents Act which excludes computer software “as such” from patentability.
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Crown use of patents set for a shake-up
12 June 2013
Crown use of patents set for a shake-up
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Productivity Commission advocates change to compulsory licensing of patents
7 June 2013
compulsory licensing, Crown use, Productivity Commission, patents, patent reform
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Patentability of Computer Software – Upheaval in US Courts
14 May 2013
The patentability of computer software is a hot topic in Australian courts at the moment. However, we aren’t alone in struggling with this controversial issue. On 10 May 2013, the United States Federal Circuit issued an en banc decision in CLS Bank International v Alice Corporation Pty Ltd that rendered the claims of four ‘software patents’ invalid, for not defining any patentable subject matter.
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The CGK: Our review of Australia’s patent cases for 2012
2 May 2013
We are excited to announce the launch of ‘The CGK’ - our review of Australia’s patent cases for 2012. This is the 10th edition of our annual patent review. The CGK examines the most important patent decisions handed down in 2012, including the Full Court’s decisions in SNF (Australia) Pty Ltd v Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments Ltd and Apotex Pty Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) (as well as Apotex’s successful application for special leave to appeal to the High Court in the latter proceeding) and the Federal Court’s use of innovative trial procedures such as in Britax Childcare Pty Ltd v Infa-Secure Pty Ltd. Click here to read The CGK.
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