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A Recipe For Success
The following information is provided in connection with Watermark’s participation at the ConTech2016 conference held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 June 2016. The conference was organised by The...
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Which Entities File Most Australian Patent Applications?
It will likely not come as a surprise, at least to those familiar with the Australian patent system, that Australian patent filings are dominated by overseas entities, a fact highlighted in the...
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I was born in the UK, but currently work as a trainee patent attorney in Melbourne, having emigrated to Australia six years ago. All of my family remain in the UK, as do a large number of my friends,...
View ArticleCelebrating Science? Australia’s Global Innovation Ranking drops
It’s National Science Week this week – Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. With our universities and research institutes being at the forefront of global technology, we should...
View Article3D Printing: another challenge for copyright owners
3D printing raises a number of issues for copyright owners already facing the challenges of the internet and other digital technologies. The photocopier copies documents. Digital technologies and the...
View ArticleNot One But Two Decisions Fine Tune The Australian Patent Office’s Approach...
Two recent Australian Patent Office decisions have provided clarity as to the patentability of isolated nucleic acid sequences following the High Court’s decision in D’Arcy v Myriad Genetics1...
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Australia’s over-reliance on public sector research
In a recent blog post we highlighted the issue of the low innovation output of Australia’s largest companies, utilizing numbers of patent filings as a proxy for innovation level. Using this same proxy...
View ArticleHow easy is it to obtain a patent in Australia?
Historically, and certainly from a European or US perspective, Australia has been regarded as a comparatively “easy” jurisdiction in which to obtain patent claims of relatively broad scope. Two...
View ArticleDon’t Act in Haste and Repent at Leisure… Getting IP Ownership Right the...
One of the simplest ways to create an IP right validity issue is to rush the ownership question. It can be easy to do. There’s an overseas meeting to discuss new technology with a potential client next...
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Applicants of diagnostic method patents continue to slug it out
Amanda Jones and Dr Chris Vindurampulle provide some insights from their recent trip to the 2017 Bio International Convention in San Diego, USA on the ‘state of play’ concerning the prosecution of...
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