…Recommendations We recommend that all applicants and practitioners consider early filing of a New Zealand complete application, New Zealand divisional application or entering the national phase of PCT application early…
…doubt on the general applicability of that test. In Tramanco, Nicholas J noted that in Kimberly-Clark (and also in Lockwood v Doric where the Kimberley-Clark test was reaffirmed by the…
…of intellectual property are: Patents – protecting new or improved products, processes or methods. For example, a computer programmer who develops a new operating system, or an engineer who creates…
…utility tests at examination; Whole of contents considerations included in novelty test; Support requirement replacing fair basis test (similar to recent Australian Patent Law amendments); Right to grant will now…
…proposed. A proposal of a six month grace period together with a prior use defence. Currently there is no grace period in Australia for designs. It is also proposed that…
Closer inspection of the changes to the New Zealand patent law, commencing on 13 September 2014, has revealed the following nuances (or perhaps more accurately nuisances) arising from the changes….
…that it was not used during the period of three years, commencing three years and one month prior to filing the application for removal. The onus is on the owner…
…Australian company that copied its foreign trade marks. In 2010, American company, Winnebago Industries, Inc. (Winnebago US), sued Australian company Knott Investments Pty Ltd and its dealers for passing off…
