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If your innovations are in the field of computer-implemented inventions, Australian patent law can be a grey area.

"Abolish" may be too strong to describe the changes - the innovation patent system will be "phased out" over a few years.

The judge agreed that the defendant's actions to attach the SUSHI TEI brand infringed the plaintiff's exclusive rights.

What to do when witnessing a signature via an audio visual link under the new NSW laws.

Some of the key considerations and pitfalls when starting your commercialisation journey.

AusPat is IPAustralia’s online searching system for patent information, and was developed to provide an integrated solution for Australian patent searching.

What can brand owners do to combat counterfeiters in Australia?

Hot on the heels of the US Supreme Court ruling in Bilski, the Canadians have jumped back on the business method bandwagon.

The Federal Court of Australia recently found a company director personally liable for patent infringement. The facts of the case and the salient points considered by the Court in reaching this finding are discussed below.

In August 2010 [http://www.shelstonip.com/news_story.asp?m=8&y=2010&nsid=153], we reported that the latest iteration of New Zealand's new Patents Act purported to now exclude computer software from patentability.

Australia's fair dealing doctrine operates under strict statutory limitations, confining copyright exceptions to specific purposes like research, criticism, and news reporting. Unlike the more flexible approaches in Canada and the US, Australian law requires uses to fit within predefined categories, with courts showing little appetite for expansion despite ongoing debates about AI and data mining.

The critical dates in respect of the abolition of the second-tier "innovation patent" system are discussed here.

Discussion of Lambert Company LLC v Apotex Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 59.

Courts are realistic in determining whether extensions of opposition deadlines are warranted.

Illustrates types of IP considerations made regarding research intended to lead to the development of a commercial product.

In these booming Internet days, domain names are becoming increasingly important. Recent domain name auctions have seen bids in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for key generic domains. A current domain name dispute provides an important lesson for all domain name holders about ensuring that they retain what they have paid for.

The A-C was satisfied that the non-use was from special circumstances, so the application for revocation was refused.