
15 - 09 - 2021
Effects of Closure of Supplementary Examination in Singapore by Elfin Lim & Howard Yap
Prior to 1 January 2020, patent applications in Singapore were able to rely on a positive examination report from a c...

10 - 08 - 2021
The Rise of the Machines? An Artificial Intelligence can be Named as Inventor in Australia by Peer Watterson
In the recent case of Thaler v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCA 879 Justice Beach of the Federal Court of Australia...

02 - 08 - 2021
Australian Patent Application Substantive Opposition Decision – by Andrew Lee, Dr Pulari Thangavelu & Dr Christy Grobbler
A case summary on JH Corporate Services Pty Ltd v Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC [2021] APO 22
The recent Australian Patent O...

02 - 08 - 2021
The Australian Federal Court rules that a Pharmaceutical Patent Term Extension must be based on the first regulatory approval date of Patentee’s own product – by Dr Pulari Thangavelu & Dr Bernadette Hawkins
In the Patent Office decision of Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. et al [2020] APO 43, the Commissioner of Patents refuse...

08 - 03 - 2021
Extension of time for Australian Patents due to COVID-19– by Dr Justin Sweetman
Following on from my article of 6 July 2020 relating to extension of time for missed deadlines, if an applicant is ha...

04 - 03 - 2021
Will Your Australian Domain Name Survive? – by Jenny Mackie
On 12 April 2021 the rules regarding being entitled to hold .com.au and .net.au domain names will change. These rule...