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)...
The amendments to the Australian Patents Act, which took effect in 2013, allowed Australian patent attorney firms to incorporate. As a result, several of this country’s largest firms have publicly listed and embarked upon aggressive mergers and acquisitions.