Not 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...
View ArticleAustralia’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...
View ArticleApplicants 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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