Patents articles

• Time for a change to Australian Intellectual Property Laws? | Legal briefing

  09 May 2006 - On 30 March, 2006 the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2006 (Cth) (“the Bill”) was introduced into th…

• Freeze dried generics frozen in their extended tracks | Legal briefing

  09 May 2006 - Pharmacia Italia S.p.A v Mayne Pharma Pty Ltd and Pharmacia Italia S.p.A. v Interpharma Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 305 (29 March…

• e-patents (May 06): Blackberry developments, EchoStar v TiVo and more | e-Publication

  26 Apr 2006 - This update focuses on recent intellectual property decisions and developments impacting the field of information and comm…

• Fairly based but obvious: Full Federal Court rules Lockwood patent invalid | Legal briefing

  05 Apr 2006 - Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd [2005] FCAFC 255 Following the High Court’s decisio…

• Invention, Inventorship and Entitlement | Legal briefing

  01 Apr 2006 - Patents are granted for inventions. The only person entitled to the grant of a patent are the persons making the invention…

• Parliament relaxes Therapeutic Goods Act patent certificates | Legal briefing

  23 Feb 2006 - Federal Parliament has passed a Bill limiting the circumstances in which an applicant for marketing approval of a therapeu…

• Freeze-dried generics frozen in their tracks | Legal briefing

  21 Feb 2006 - In two separate Federal Court decisions relating to the same patent owned by Pharmacia Italia S.p.A. (Pharmacia) Federal C…

• How IP changes are affecting the IT industry | Legal briefing

  30 Nov 2005 - The last 12 months have seen some key legislative changes and important legal rulings that will have a profound effect on…

• Patent infringement exemption for experimental use: ACIP's report released | Legal briefing

  21 Nov 2005 - On 9 November, 2005 the Federal Government released a report by the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) entit…

• Assessment of obviousness by the patent office | Legal briefing

  18 Oct 2005 - A recent Federal Court decision has considered the extent to which the Commissioner of Patents is able to consider issues…

• PBS listing injunction refused by Australian court | Legal briefing

  19 Sep 2005 - The Federal Court has declined to grant Roche Therapeutics Pty Ltd (Roche) an interlocutory injunction to stop two generic…

• Australian innovation patent: steps during filing and examination | Information sheet

  05 Aug 2005 - Filing the innovation patent A description of normal events following the filing of an application for an Australian i…

• Australian and overseas patents: typical application process | Information sheet

  04 Aug 2005 - A description of normal events during the prosecution of an application family for Australian and overseas patents. &nbs…

• Australian standard patent filing and prosecution procedure | Information sheet

  04 Aug 2005 - A description of normal events following the prosecution of an application for an Australian standard patent.…

• International Patent Cooperation Treaty prosecution procedure | Information sheet

  04 Aug 2005 - The following flow chart shows a description of normal events during the prosecution of an application family for a Intern…

• Asset protection method patent rejected by Australian court | Legal briefing

  03 Aug 2005 - The Australian Federal Court has revoked a patent for an asset protection method1 on the basis that the method was not pate…

• Intellectual Property – challenges for the future | Legal briefing

  23 Mar 2005 - Intellectual Property law is based on a fundamental principle of balance. The balance between the interests and needs of t…

• High Court clarifies fair basis principles in landmark patent decision | Legal briefing

  01 Dec 2004 - Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 28/2003 The High Court of Australia recently ha…

• US – Australia Free Trade Agreement: its impact on the Theraputic Goods Act | Legal briefing

  06 Sep 2004 - The US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Act) received royal assent on August 16 2004. We set out below a detailed…

• The US - Australia Free Trade Agreement | Legal briefing

  24 Aug 2004 - The Australian Federal Parliament has passed legislation1 (the "Implementation Act"), allowing the Free Trade Ag…

• Business methods and systems to remain patentable | Legal briefing

  27 May 2004 - The Australian Government has released a report that recommends that business systems remain patentable in Australia. The…

• e-patents.au - May 2004 | Legal briefing

  01 May 2004 - Recent news Recent landmark Court rulings in Japan are reshaping inventor's rights to royalties on inventions…

• Pharmaceutical patents extension of term: five recent cases | Legal briefing

  23 Jun 2003 - It is possible to obtain an extension of term of up to five years for an Australian patent which relates to pharmaceutical…

• E-patents.au - June 2003 | Legal briefing

  23 Jun 2003 - A Newsletter from the Information Sciences Group of Davies Collison Cave. News: chip battles Intel and Via hav…

• Offshore servers no protection in internet gambling dispute | Legal briefing

  25 May 2003 - Menashe Business Mercantile Limited and Another v William Hill Organisation Limited [2002] EWCA CIV 1702 The UK Court…

• Landmark decision for Australian patent law: AB Hassle v. Alphapharm | Legal briefing

  23 Feb 2003 - The recent High Court decision in AB Hassle v. Alphapharm is of major importance to all patentees, not only those in the p…

• E-patents.au - September 2002 | e-Publication

  01 Sep 2002 - A Newsletter from the Information Sciences Group of Davies Collison Cave Recent patent news in the ICT industries…

• Innovations patents update | Legal briefing

  02 Jan 2002 - New Frontiers The Australian government has for some time been formulating a second-tier patent system for protecting…

• E-Patents Newsletter - Dec 2001 | Legal briefing

  01 Dec 2001 - No 1 again! Davies Collison Cave (Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys) and Davies Collison Cave Solicitors have, for the f…

• Patent protection for medical inventions | Legal briefing

  12 Nov 2001 - In the area of medical research, where commercialisation involves enormous risk to investors, patents offer the most effec…

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