POF takes part in Harmony Day 2018

POF is proud to celebrate diversity and multiculturalism for Harmony Day 2018. As part of the celebration, POF held a multicultural lunch that included food from many different countries around the world, promoting Harmony Day’s message of ‘everyone belongs’. Australia is a vibrant and multicultural country — from the oldest continuous culture of our first …
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Reading the fine print: When will refurbished goods infringe a patent?

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Businesses that purchase Australian patented goods are free to use them in any manner desired unless the patentee imposes conditions at the time of sale. However, does this still apply when the purchased goods are modified in the course of refurbishment and resold? This issue was recently considered by the Federal Court in the patent …
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Obviousness a fly in the ointment for Bayer

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Syngenta Crop Protection AG v Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH [2018] APO 19 (9 March 2018) Syngenta has been successful in its opposition to two related Bayer patent applications. The patents relate to an insecticidal composition comprising a synergistically effective combination of one neonicotinoid compound selected from [a number of listed neonicotinoids] and an anthranilamide compound. …
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Copyright in collaborative works – in search of a common purpose

Copyright works can often be the result of input from more than one person. The work will be considered one work (work of joint authorship) if the work has been produced by the collaboration of the authors and the contribution of each is not separate from the contribution of the others. Otherwise there will be two or …
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New Zealand patent, trade mark and design regulations amended

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Legislation was passed by the New Zealand Government on 5 March 2018 introducing amendments to the Patents Regulations 2014, the Trade Mark Regulations 2003, the Trade Marks (International Registration) Regulations 2012, and the Design Regulations 1954. These amendments will allow for an address for service to be provided in Australia or New Zealand for patent, …
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POF celebrates International Women’s Day 2018

Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick is proud to #PressForProgress and support International Women’s Day 2018. Now, more than ever, there’s a strong call-to-action to press forward and progress gender parity. POF held a fund-raising morning tea to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. This also provided a platform for conversation, with everybody coming …
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