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Divisional Patent Applications - Changes to Examination
The Australian Patent Office has recently implemented changes…
US Business Method Patents After Bilski
On 28 June 2010, the US Supreme Court handed down a much anticipated…
Commercialisation Australia To Support Innovation
Commercialisation Australia is the Australian Government’s…
IP Implications Of Company Deregistration
When an Australian company is liquidated, placed into receivership,…
Patent Prosecution Highway With USPTO Extended
Further to my article of 30 September 2008 "Take the Patent Prosecution…
Valuing a Patent or Trade Mark Portfolio
There are numerous strategic and legal reasons why a company…
Employees and Ownership of IP
The interpretation of employment contracts by the Australian…
Take the Patent Prosecution Highway to the US
On 14 April 2008 a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program…
Registered Designs Becoming Fashionable
Changes in 2003 to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and the introduction…