The Federal Court of Australia, in ACCC v HJ Heinz Co Australia Ltd [2018] FCA 360, has found that Heinz engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in relation to the packaging for its "Shredz" snack for toddlers

Very few, if any, commercial enterprises will not be affected by the current COVID-19 pandemic and the measures governments are introducing to combat it.

The Court lifted an injunction restraining the supply of GSK's Panadol which incorporated a liquid dispensing apparatus.

A very small proportion of Australian patents are the subject of Federal Court judgments.

As a starting point, all businesses have a trade mark.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming an increasingly important part of everyday life, and we are seeing its effects ripple through virtually every industry both globally and within Australia.

Many business owners are uncertain about their rights and responsibilities in relation to collecting and handling health information about employees and workplace visitors in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.

Polymorphism is the ability of a substance to exist as two or more crystalline forms, which have an identical chemical content but different arrangement of the constituents in the solid state.

In an opposition decision handed down on 16 January 2018, the Patent Office refused to allow a claim amendment that proposed to narrow the scope of a composition feature in a process...

On 26 June 2023, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia unanimously upheld the first instance decision (previously reported here) that the Commonwealth is not entitled to compensation pursuant...

Key recent developments in the area of Technology, Media and Telecommunications are summarised below.

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...

This article covers events which occurred between August and November 2021.

We recently published in Australasian Biotechnology (and on our website) on the nexus between IP and clinical trials in Australia.

Regardless of the jurisdiction, novelty is a fundamental requirement for the patentability and validity of a claimed invention and is assessed relative to a single piece of prior art information.

In Sandvik Intellectual Property AB v Quarry Mining & Construction Equipment Pty Ltd [2017] FCAFC 138 ("Sandvik") the Full Federal Court recently revisited the requirement for patent applicants to disclose...

The Consorzio di Tutela della Denominazione di Origine Controllata Prosecco, an Italian consortium that oversees use of the term "Prosecco", had applied to register "Prosecco" as a Geographical Indication in Singapore ...

The Australian Patent Office recently granted Neurim Pharmaceuticals an extension of time for filing a complete application to claim the benefit of the grace period under s 24(1)(b) of the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ...

If death and taxes are two of life's certainties then a third one must surely be that you must be very careful with evidence preparation in New Zealand trade mark proceedings.

The Singapore IP Strategy 2030 (SIPs 2030) was unveiled on 26 April 2021.