Posts Tagged: Australia
How to Trademark Hashtags in Australia
A hashtag is a useful way to promote your brand on social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. When the name of a brand, a …
World Intellectual Property Indicators 2017: Design Patent Highlights
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has published its annual World Intellectual Property Indicators. For the second consecutive year, the number of design applications filed worldwide continued …
Feeling Conflicted: Australian Patent Attorney Firms Under Scrutiny
As previously reported on this blog, in the last two years several large Australian patent attorney firms (having a combined market share of close to 70% in Australia) …
President-Elect Trump Says the TPP is Dead, but What Now for IP?
President-Elect Donald Trump has announced that he will withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement on his first day in office. So ends more …
Will Australia’s Listed Firms Save the IP Profession from Stagnation?
My fellow Australian patent attorney Andy Mukherji recently asked the question on this site: Are Australia’s listed IP firms doomed to fail? Doubtless the hyperbole was …
Are Australia’s listed IP firms doomed to fail?
Over the last two years, the Australian patent and trade mark attorney profession has seen a number of significant changes. The 2013 amendments to the Patents Act 1990, meant …
Hop on the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) via Australia
IP Australia actually has built into its quota system a driver for completing prosecution of open cases before taking up new cases. Therefore, there is a rule …
Protection of Official Names of States and Prevention of their Registration and Use as Trademarks
Protection of the official names of States and prevention of their registration and use as trademarks have been the focus of attention of the Standing Committee on …
World Intellectual Property Indicators 2015: Design Patent Highlights
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has published its annual World Intellectual Property Indicators. The 2015 report dissects the macro trends associated with filing activity and registrations for 2014 …
Australia Releases Guidelines on Patentability of Genetic Material – Now That’s How It’s Done
The Australian Patent Office yesterday released its new guidelines in response to Australia’s High Court decision on the patentability of genetic material. The good news for …
Patentability of Business Methods and Software In Australia – Full Federal Court Decides Much Anticipated Research Affiliates Case
The Australian Full Federal Court recently handed down its decision in Research Affiliates LLC v Commissioner of Patents. The decision is an important addition to Australian case …
Obvious Inventions Patentable: The Australian Innovation Patent
Essentially, innovation patents are 8 year short form patents available in Australia as an alternative, or in parallel with standard, or utility, patents. An innovation patent can be …
McDonald’s Australian Rebrand: “Macca’s”, a Local Slang Name
But this article is less concerned with actual imperialism, and more with cultural imperialism –particularly the “invasion” of this country by that once all-American, but now global, …
Google Settles Copyright Dispute with Belgian Newspaper
This case started back in 2006, when the newspaper publishers took Google to court, stating that the popular search engine was infringing on their copyright. They had been …
Apple’s ‘Innovative’ Australian Patent Strategy
As readers will no doubt be aware, Australia is one of the jurisdictions in which Apple is currently pursuing litigation against its Android-based smartphone and tablet competitors. …
