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Manner of manufacture and software-based inventions: Patent eligibility test re-affirmed but limited further clarity provided by Australian Appeals Court

18 September 2019
After much anticipation and a 10 month wait since the appeal was heard in November 2018, the expanded panel of five Federal Court judges in Encompass Pty Ltd v Infotrack Pty Ltd have delivered their decision, finding that they were “not persuaded that the primary judge erred in concluding that each [Encompass patent in suit] does not claim an invention that is a manner of manufacture within the meaning of section 6 of the Statute of Monopolies”. 
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Australian company ordered to pay $10 million for unacceptable advertising claims: TGA uses its power to penalise inappropriate online advertisement and sale of therapeutic goods

2 August 2019
With increased internet penetration, the development of a myriad of mobile/ online applications for the delivery of digital health services that are expected to transform the way in which health care is provided and experienced, and the exponential growth in the number of e-commerce businesses vying for a share in the online retail space, there can be little doubt that the health care landscape is undergoing rapid change.
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Digital health receives funding boost from Federal Government

26 July 2018
Australia’s digital health sector received a major boost in April this year when the Federal Government announced a $55 million cash injection to launch the new Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) and its programs which will bring together a consortium of more than 60 health, medical technology and pharmaceutical companies, universities and research institutes operating across the health, aged care and disability sectors. 
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