DCCL Advises On Sale Of Murray Darling Fisheries.

IP Australia's very simple process for granting extensions (of up to 3 months) of most deadlines at the tick of a box and without requiring official fees for users impacted by COVID-19 ends on 31 March 2021.

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The final tranche of legislative amendments resulting from the Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Act 2021 has come into force today (10 March 2022).

The Federal Government has announced a 12 month extension of the temporary full expensing regime a part of the 2021-2022 Federal Budget.

Written Opinion now accepted under the ASEAN Patents Examination Cooperation Programme.

A proposal for amending the Patents Act 2013 seeks to remedy problems caused by the failure of this Act to recognise multiple or partial priorities in a single claim.

The Chinese and Hong Kong IP offices (CNIPA and HKIPD) have announced a pilot project for prioritised examination of mainland Chinese invention patent applications filed by Hong Kong SAR applicants.

Last year, the Full Bench of the Federal Court held that Aristocrat's electronic gaming machine did not constitute patentable subject matter: we reported the judgement here.

The Federal Government has announced that it will introduce a "patent box" tax regime from 1 July 2022 to encourage investment and innovation in Australia in the medical and biotechnology sectors.

As previously reported, IP Australia is providing simplified and exceptional extensions of up to three months for users impacted by COVID-19.

The Intellectual Property Offices of Singapore (IPOS) and Vietnam (IPVN) have launched a Collaborative Search and Examination (CS&E) pilot to accelerate patent search...

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In the Davies Collison Cave Legal Update webinar on 16 July 2020, we discussed the temporary changes to Australian insolvency laws that had been introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is our seventh publication of useful resources for our clients during the current coronavirus disruption.

The Principals of the Davies Collison Cave, Davies Collison Cave Law and Davies Collison Cave Singapore are pleased to announce a number of promotions that took effect on 1 July 2019.

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The High Court has refused an application by Dr Thaler, owner and creator of the artificial intelligence (AI) machine DABUS, for special leave to appeal a decision of the Full Federal Court...

The New Zealand High Court is the latest to dismiss an appeal by the creator of the AI machine DABUS, Dr Stephen Thaler, against a decision that AI cannot be recognised as an inventor under patent law.

ASEAN businesses are increasingly leveraging technology and intellectual property (IP) assets in their transactions and negotiations. However disputes can quickly sour new or existing business...