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

The 4th revision of China's Patent Law in 2021 introduced new developments of China's patent linkage system.

The application of the Doctrine of Inherency in the assessment of patentable subject matter in the Philippines is summarised for each situation below.

A recent decision of the Australian Patent Office has clearly stated that Swiss-style claims cover the manufacture of a medicament wherein the medicament is intended for a specific medical treatment, but do not extend to the method of medical treatment itself.

Australian patent applicants can use the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) to progress European applications more quickly.

Patent searching is more than keywords and numbers and an expert search is a form of insurance or risk minimisation.

The Australian Domain Name Administrator (auDA) recently relaxed its rules on domain name transfers by introducing a new Transfers (Change of Registrant) Policy. Significantly, the policy allows domain name registrants to transfer or "sell" their .com.au domain name licences to any other eligible person or entity by any means.

Discussion about the biggest changes in European patent law in a generation.

It has been brought to our attention by personnel from the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) that, under IPOS’s current interpretation of the rules, extensions of time as of right under Rule 108(3) are not available under the slow track option.

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 innovation patent will be phased out over 8 years from 26 August 2021 to 26 August 2029.

The main contention by Rolex was that the application was confusingly similar to their registered trademark "SUBMARINER".

Despite industry protests, this new act will phase out Australia's second-tier patent system, the innovation patent.

IP Australia has supported several of the proposed designs changes that were strongly endorsed by public submissions.

Key proposed changes to the Registered Designs System some of which are fundamental to the protection offered by designs.

Take stock & check that you are meeting your legal obligations in respect of any personal information you collect or hold.