In April 2018, the Australian Patent Office held the hearing of BGC Partners Inc [2018] APO 27, in which it refused a patent application in the area of financial trading for failing to claim patentable subject matter.

The absence of ‘meaningful technical content', especially computer code, from the patent specifications was cited as a key factor in the decision.

The Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast is an exciting opportunity for the local business community to engage with the 1.5 million spectators attending the Games.

The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia has overturned an earlier decision[1] in which Rokt's digital advertising platform was found to be patentable subject matter.

Weider Global Nutrition, LLC (Applicant) develops nutrition-related goods while Morinaga & Co., Ltd (Proprietor) manufactures mainly confectionaries and health products.

Cambodia is a developing country supported mainly by three pillars of economic development - agriculture, tourism and textiles.

Federici Brands LLC succeeded in partially opposing registration of the WOW Colour stylised mark in New Zealand, in WOW Colour (Guangdong) Technology Co., Ltd. v Federici Brands LLC [2023]...

In good news for New Zealand patent applicants, the Patent Office has issued a decision rejecting invocation of the law on patentable subject matter by an Examiner to support a double patenting objection in Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

The wireless charging market was valued at $7billion in 2020.

The European Union General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") came into effect on 25 May 2018.

‘Brand hijacking' in the context of trade marks involves the deliberate, systematic and calculated adoption and seeking of registered rights and protection...

On 8 September 2021, the High Court ruled in a 5:2 majority decision that Facebook – and, by implication, any operator of a website or social media page – can be liable for defamatory content posted by third parties:

In early May, we published an article about the Federal Court of Australia's commitment to conduct hearings by audio visual technology wherever possible during the coronavirus disruption.

This is the latest in a series detailing developments in competition and consumer law in Australia, including the activities of Australia's competition and consumer regulator...

In Self Care IP Holdings Pty Ltd v Allergan Australia Pty Ltd [2023] HCA 8, Allergan failed in its attempt to prevent use of the phrase "instant Botox® alternative", and use of the trade mark PROTOX.

Information sharing practices during the COVID-19 era are contributing to a growing bank of prior art and, further, are increasing the risk of self-disclosure for those wishing to pursue patent protection for their inventions.

A recent New Zealand domain name decision highlights the perils of delaying a challenge to the registration of a domain name, in Electrosafe Limited/Wayne Fowler v e-merge Data Solutions Limited/Hayden Wells [2023]...

In good news for New Zealand patent applicants, the Patent Office has issued a decision rejecting invocation of the law on patentable subject matter by an Examiner to support a double patenting objection in Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Sufficiency of disclosure is a cornerstone of patent law and is part of a "patent bargain" for providing a limited-term monopoly over an invention. In exchange, the inventor or patentee...

INTA's Asia-Pacific Global Advisory Council has noted a continued focus on the importance of intellectual property (IP) protection as one of the key components in the development...