Overnight, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that a naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated, but cDNA is patent eligible because it is not naturally occurring.
The Professional Standards Board (PSB) administers the regulatory and disciplinary regimes for Patent and Trade Mark attorneys in Australia and includes a Code of Conduct to which all Australian Patent and Trademarks attorneys are bound. The PSB recently released a new draft Code of Conduct for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys 2013 for public consultation. …
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On 30 May 2013, the Australian Parliament was presented with a Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to intellectual property, called the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2013 (report here). The 2013 bill focusses on 5 areas (which were not addressed in the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012) and also …
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An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal as of 7 June 2013.
On 30 May 2013, the Australian Parliament was presented with a Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to intellectual property, called the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2013 (report here). The 2013 bill focusses on 5 areas (which were not addressed in the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012) and …
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Rolling along from our previous report on the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2013, we refer to the fifth schedule of the bill which proposes amendments to create a Single economic IP market between Australia and New Zealand. At its core, the bill allows for a single patent application and examination processes for Australia and …
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An Australian Patent Opposition, Revocation and Extension of Term Round-Up from the Patent Office Journal dated 06 June 2013.
As you may be aware, local Emmy Award winning film producer Sonya Pemberton had her new documentary, JABBED: Love, Fear and Vaccines, premiered on SBS TV on Sunday 26 May. The ICT for Life Sciences Forum is pleased to announce that Sonya will talk about the documentary at a special Forum event on Wednesday, 5 …
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An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal as of 31 May 2013.
An Australian Patent Opposition, Revocation and Extension of Term Round-Up from the Patent Office Journal dated 30 May 2013.
