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Intellectual Property, Patents

Don’t let the Raised Bar trip you up

Stephen Worthley
1 March 2013

On 15 April 2013, significant changes to Australian patent law will come into force. These changes increase the requirements for patentability of inventions. Patent applicants should take steps now, to prepare themselves for the ‘raised bar’.

We have prepared an alert giving a simple to-do list before the changes come in, which is available online here.

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