Malaria + Viagra = Unhappy Ending For Parasites
A recent study has shown that the active ingredient in Viagra (sildenafil) has the capacity to slow the spread of malaria parasites. The study provides a timely reminder of the relevance of ‘second...
View ArticleEmbracing disruptive technology
We readily embrace disruptive technologies because they bring benefits of greater work efficiency, product variety, ease of manufacture, convenience and enjoyment, to name a few. Yes, disruptive...
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Pursuing other professions – PhD supply and demand
First published in Chemistry in Australia. Many young scientists, armed with PhD qualifications, are opting out of the laboratory to pursue other, more stable, professions. The number of students...
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Choose an apple not a lemon – the power of strong branding
Forbes recently published its 2015 edition of the World’s Most Valuable Brands list. For the fifth time in a row, Apple has topped Forbes’ list. Forbes estimated Apple’s worth at over US$145 billion...
View ArticleConflicts between trade mark and copyright owners: revisiting the case of...
Logos, three-dimensional shapes, aspects of packaging, devices and sounds are all potentially registrable as trade marks in Australia. Such signs may also qualify as original artistic, literary and...
View Article‘Je Suis Cecil’ – Trade mark law and distasteful capitalism
Most people can remember what they were doing or where they were on 11 September 2001. I was on a train, travelling from Long Island to New York City. It was in my former life as a scientific...
View ArticleServing size and packaging cues: mixed messages?
Carla Degenhardt (2015) Serving Size and Packaging Cues: Mixed Messages? food australia. Volume 67 Issue 3 (June/July 2015 issue) Serving size is one of the last areas of food labelling where the food...
View Article3D Printing and intellectual property: a new challenge for IP owners
First published in AMT, October 2015, page 77 3D printing raises a number of issues for intellectual property (IP) owners already facing the challenges of the internet and other digital technologies....
View ArticleProduct shapes and their ability to function as trade marks
Michelle Cooper (2015) Product shapes and their ability to function as trade marks food australia. Volume 67 Issue 5 (October/November 2015 issue) How a product is shaped can often be a defining...
View ArticlePatent eligibility in Australia: the winding road ahead
First published in Life Science Intellectual Property Review 22/10/2015 As well as much other debate, the High Court’s decision in D’Arcy V Myriad Genetics has created uncertainty in terms of the...
View ArticleIf you think you’ve invented something – use Google
…or, more specifically, use Google Patent. Typically, if we want to find the answer to a question or just want information on a subject our first port of call is Google. We do it almost everyday. If...
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Great brand – shame about the product!
A trade mark, personified by a brand, can be one of an organisation’s greatest assets. Indefinitely renewable, a trade mark can live on longer than the creative team that dreamt it up, the company that...
View ArticleDon’t Bury Your Head in the Sand! – Effective Intellectual Property Due...
Intellectual Property (IP) due diligence can represent a critical part in an overall due diligence process in connection with a number of business deals including: mergers; acquisitions; private equity...
View ArticleTranslating Australian Innovation into Commercial Realities: Knowledge is Power
The recently published Inquiry into Australia’s Future in Research and Innovation by the Joint Select Committee on Trade and Investment Growth highlighted a generally accepted view that while the...
View Article3D Printing and intellectual property: strategies to meet the challenge
First published in AMT Magazine, Apr/May 2016 3D printing poses a challenge to manufacturers by providing a means by which products or spare parts can be easily manufactured by competitors or...
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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...
View ArticleBrexit – 3 Weeks On
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...
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