The rules regarding patent amendments for Australian amendments change once the patent has undergone substantive examination and stands accepted. The same changed rules also apply after the grant of an Australian Patent. Unlike some other major jurisdictions such as Europe and the USA which allow a patent to be opposed within a...
[caption id="attachment_24568" align="alignnone" width="480"] Glass Outlet's Spigot Insulator[/caption] Key points: A certified innovation patent is one effective, fast and relatively inexpensive option for deterring copycats and competitors Avoid selling or disclosing your invention until after patent protection has been sought 25 August 2021 is last possible filing date for new...
By way of background, under section 36 of the Patents Act 1990, a person may request IP Australia to decide if the listed patent applicant is entitled to be an applicant. In this instance, IP Australia was required to decide whether an Australian university was...
The Australian Patent and Trade Marks Office (IP Australia) has sent out a notification to Australian attorneys that they fully recognise the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak which may impact the ability of intellectual property owners (in Australia and overseas) and their attorneys in meeting...
MBIP succeeds in revoking a granted patent by strategic use of re-examination When clients come to us to determine the best options for challenging a granted Australian patent, different considerations come into play. A challenger must evaluate the cost involved, the level of participation and rates...
The US government shutdown has been well publicised by Australian media outlets and many readers may have strong views on the underlying reasons for the shutdown. Even though the political fallout from the US government shutdown does not directly affect Australians. I don’t hold strong political...
[caption id="attachment_20262" align="alignright" width="300"] BuzzBuddy fitted to a trumpet[/caption] Any brass playing enthusiast will know the mouth fatigue that comes from playing for hours; sore lip muscles are just part of the pursuit of musical perfection! Imagine then what it must be like for those musicians...
You may have wondered how certain retailers are able to sell furniture items, sometimes marketed as “replica furniture” for a fraction of the price of an original. There has been quite a lot of press around frustration in the design community at what appears to...
IP Australia has released an exposure draft of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill to implement further changes to the Patents Act 1990 (Cth). We discuss some of the key changes that foreign patent filers and their attorneys should be aware of. Inventive Step The Bill...
AUDEARA One of our clients, Audeara launched their first crowdfunding campaign for the world’s first full fidelity headphones on 1 March 2017. We are very pleased to see that Audeara’s crowdfunding campaign has been a runaway success and they reached 94% of its initial goal ($100,000)...