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

Defence export controls (limitations on exporting "sensitive" Australian technologies) and patents are closely linked.

Revised CNIPA Guidelines include significant changes that will affect various aspects of patent prosecutions & patent enforcement going forward.

Article considers some of the pros and cons of proceeding toward accelerated patent grant in Australia for cleantech inventions.

This decision, with hefty damages imposed, is a milestone for China's efforts to deter and combat unfair competition.

A recent IPONZ decision has confirmed that "support" requires a higher descriptive standard than does "fair basis".

We have reported previously on the increasing importance of "green" technologies in the world of intellectual property. In recent years, "IP buzzwords" have included superconductors, gene patents and computer software – and society’s ever-increasing environmental awareness ensures that "greentech" is the latest vogue.

This case set a new benchmark in Australia for future patent infringement damages claims against generic manufacturers.

The trademark opposition was unsuccessful as the opponent failed to establish similarity between the services concerned.

Understanding the critical distinction between business names and trade marks in Australia can save your business from costly rebranding and legal complications. While a business name simply allows you to trade, a registered trade mark provides exclusive legal protection for your brand and prevents competitors from using confusingly similar names in your industry.

This case highlights the importance of detailed records throughout the ideation and development stage of your invention.

Discussion on the significant changes to intellectual property law to be issued by the Government

The final review report recommends changes to enhance the system and to address deficiencies in the designs legislation.

In this matter, the opposition was insufficient to prevent the registration of the AMFIT NUTRITION trade mark.

Government tables its response to Senate Gene Patents Report and previous reports into gene patenting in Australia.

There are a number of measures of a country’s "innovativeness". When each of government R&D spend, number of academic publications, GNP, number of successful spin-off companies, etc. are reduced to a "per capita" basis, one can begin to get a feel for where the "innovation hotspots" are across the globe.

In JLCS Pty Ltd v Squires Loft City Steakhouse Pty Ltd ([2008] FCA 867, June 12 2008), the Federal Court of Australia considered two main issues. The first was the effect, if any, of a change in ownership of a restaurant to a licence to operate the restaurant under the name Squire's Loft.