Productivity Commission’s final report pulls no punches on patents
21 December 2016
Yesterday the Productivity Commission published its final report on Australia’s IP system.
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David Fixler
Can I use a competitor’s name or trade marks for Google AdWords?
14 April 2016
This question is often asked by companies considering ways to funnel internet traffic to their own website by diverting internet users seeking to access a competitor’s website.
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Too much of a stretch to recognise copyright in yoga?
26 October 2015
The US Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit has held that the famous sequence of yoga poses (or “asanas”) developed by Bikram Choudhury (and performed at 40°C) does not attract copyright protection.
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High Court re-invents the test for patentable subject matter and finds the patent for the isolated breast cancer gene invalid
8 October 2015
The High Court has handed down a significant decision finding that patent claims for isolated gene sequences, indicative of a predisposition to breast cancer, are not patentable subject matter.
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Too early to pull the plug on innovation patents
19 August 2015
In June 2014, following three years of public consultation, the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) released a report in which it made recommendations to reform the Innovation Patent System.
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