IP Update - June 2012 Issue 16
Thursday, June 21, 2012
The Australian IP scene has been active recently, and this edition of IP Update will help you make sense of it all. You may have heard about the major decisions concerning online copyright infringement, search engine liability for sponsored links, and when trade marks are deceptively similar. But do you know the detail of these rulings, and the consequences for your business? If not, see our Case Studies. New legislation has been passed, impacting on patentability requirements, defences to patent infringement, and opposition to trade mark registrations. Our Practice Updates explain these enactments and what you should do about them.
In this Issue
Case Studies
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End of the road for Roadshow:iiNet did not authorise copyright infringement
Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd [2012] HCA 16 -
AstraZeneca successfully protects Crestor patents against generic attack in the Australian pharmaceutical market
Apotex Pty Ltd v AstraZeneca AB [2011] FCA 1520
Apotex Pty Ltd v AstraZeneca AB (No 2) [2012] FCA 142
Apotex Pty Ltd v AstraZeneca AB (No 3) [2012] FCA 265 -
Google seeking High Court appeal against Google’s liability for misleading and deceptive AdWords links
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Google Inc [2012] FCAFC 49 -
TiVo successful in Australian Trade Mark Dispute: “Vivo” trade mark is eceptively similar to the trade mark, Tivo
TiVo Inc v Vivo International Corporation Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 252 -
Optus TV now suspended after NRL and AFL victorious on appeal
National Rugby League Investments Pty Limited v Singtel Optus Pty Ltd [2012] FCAFC
Practice Updates
Australia’s Raising the Bar Act Becomes Law – Special Edition
- 12 Ways patent applicants should prepare
- Changes to trade mark registrations, oppositions and enforcement
- Improvements to customs seizures for trade mark and copyright owners
- IP Australia Fee Changes – Patent continuation fees now due 4 years from filing date
- Australia has a new national business names register
