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Federal Court Launches Standard Directions To Streamline Patent Disputes

The new Practice Note provides the Court with a range of tools to achieve this, centred around the keystone expectation of a trial within 12-18 months of commencement.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Busted! Melbourne International Film Festival Director Subject To Urgent Interlocutory Injunction Over Moral Rights

On 6 August 2025, the Federal Court of Australia (the Court) ordered that Projector Films Pty Ltd and director David Ngo (the Respondents)...

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Let's Make It A Date – Best Method And The Filing Date Of The Earliest Complete Application

In the recent decision of NOCO Company v Brown and Watson International Pty Ltd [2025] FCA 887, Moshinsky J has provided welcomed clarity around the relevant...

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K&L Gates LLP

Karen Walker Has A Runaway Win Before The Trade Marks Office

Limited successfully opposed the registration of the mark ‘Runaway the Label‘ for clothing, footwear and headgear (class 25) and online retail services (class 35).

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K&L Gates LLP

Home Ground Advantage: Aussie FanFirm Wins David And Goliath Battle

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Mills Oakley

Why Skyportz Is Giving Away Its Patented Vertiport Tech...... For Free

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Marks & Clerk

How to Avoid the Fate of Brand Genericide

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LegalVision

Fanatics case highlights requirements for key trade mark defences

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Spruson & Ferguson

Utilising International Type Search to strengthen your IP strategy

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Spruson & Ferguson

Valuing intellectual property: Lessons learned from Mitchell Asset Management Pty Ltd v Marissa Di Pasquale

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Piper Alderman

Latest Statistics In The 2025 IP Australia Intellectual Property Report

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Spruson & Ferguson

OpenAI's screenless future on pause amidst trade mark dispute

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Swaab

What can the Handmaid's Tale teach us about trade mark law? Featured What can the Handmaid's Tale teach us about trade mark law? As someone who's both read The Handmaid's Tale and binge watched every...

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Do you own those images?

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Inside Employment Podcast Series - Investigations, Part 1 - What's The Fuss With Whistleblowing Investigations? (Video)

Australia Employment

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

High Court raises the bar on genuine redundancy: Implications of Helensburgh Coal v Bartley & Ors

Australia Employment

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Mellor Olsson Lawyers

Block earner triumphs in ASIC appeal

Australia Technology

PA

Piper Alderman

Skilled Visa Salary Thresholds To Increase To 4.6% From 1 July 2025

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Michael Byrnes appeared on Breakfast with Tim Webster on 2SM on 23 July 2025 to discuss workplace relationships and that Coldplay concert

Australia Employment

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Swaab

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Trademark Disputes

Biotech, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Australian Senate Committee rejects Bill that seeks to prevent the patenting of human genes and biological materials existing in nature

A Senate Committee has recommended against passing amendments to the Patents Act that would allow gene patenting.

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Swaab

Raising the bar? The new patent law reforms and their impact on patentability of genetic material

An overview of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2011 (Cth).

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Hunt & Hunt

Is human tissue "property"? Jocelyn Edwards; Re the estate of the late Mark Edwards [2011] NSWSC 478

A recent decision of Justice Hulme of the Supreme Court of New South Wales is the first case of its kind in Australia to allow a widow to extract her deceased's husband's sperm with the result that she will likely use it for assisted reproduction.

Australia Healthcare

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Colin Biggers & Paisley

CRCMining and SmartCap

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Spruson & Ferguson

Gene Patent Modifications Avoided

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Spruson & Ferguson

Grace Periods and Divisional Patent Applications

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DLA Piper Australia

University of Western Australia v Gray - Medical Research IP Rights: Who Owns Them ?

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DLA Piper Australia

Employees & Intellectual Property – Who Owns It?

Australia Employment

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Donaldson Walsh

Royalty Stacking & Managing The Risk Of IP Infringement

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DLA Piper Australia

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Copyright

Busted! Melbourne International Film Festival Director Subject To Urgent Interlocutory Injunction Over Moral Rights

On 6 August 2025, the Federal Court of Australia (the Court) ordered that Projector Films Pty Ltd and director David Ngo (the Respondents)...

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Understanding intellectual property in the construction industry

Relevance of IP in the construction sector and highlight common issues that can arise when IP rights are not clearly understood or properly managed.

Australia Real Estate

HR

Holding Redlich

Latest Statistics In The 2025 IP Australia Intellectual Property Report

The Report presents and discusses the latest IP statistics across the range of categories administered by IP Australia.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Do you own those images?

CG

Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd v Motorola Solutions Inc: Cracking the code on "Substantial Part"

PA

Piper Alderman

Spicing Up Protection: Who Owns Your Recipe?

BP

Bartier Perry

Recent decision on copyright infringement: A puff piece

CG

Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

IP and The Gambler

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Copyright Comparative Guide

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Hall & Wilcox

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Licensing & Syndication

Understanding intellectual property in the construction industry

Relevance of IP in the construction sector and highlight common issues that can arise when IP rights are not clearly understood or properly managed.

Australia Real Estate

HR

Holding Redlich

Why Skyportz Is Giving Away Its Patented Vertiport Tech...... For Free

One of the fundamental rights a patent grants is the ability to exclude others from using your technology. So it may come as a surprise that an Australian vertiport...

MC

Marks & Clerk

Latest Statistics In The 2025 IP Australia Intellectual Property Report

The Report presents and discusses the latest IP statistics across the range of categories administered by IP Australia.

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

IP and The Gambler

MP

Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Intellectual property enforcement trends positive for foreign entities

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Spruson & Ferguson

Intellectual property in commercial contract templates

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Holding Redlich

Australia | Design protection: IP Australia's bold reforms for the Digital Age

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Spruson & Ferguson

Being assertive comes at a price – IP Australia fee hike

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McCabes

Australia's Defence Trade Controls Act – new offences and exemptions

Australia International

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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Patent

Federal Court Launches Standard Directions To Streamline Patent Disputes

The new Practice Note provides the Court with a range of tools to achieve this, centred around the keystone expectation of a trial within 12-18 months of commencement.

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Let's Make It A Date – Best Method And The Filing Date Of The Earliest Complete Application

In the recent decision of NOCO Company v Brown and Watson International Pty Ltd [2025] FCA 887, Moshinsky J has provided welcomed clarity around the relevant...

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Understanding intellectual property in the construction industry

Relevance of IP in the construction sector and highlight common issues that can arise when IP rights are not clearly understood or properly managed.

Australia Real Estate

HR

Holding Redlich

Why Skyportz Is Giving Away Its Patented Vertiport Tech...... For Free

MC

Marks & Clerk

Utilising International Type Search to strengthen your IP strategy

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Latest Statistics In The 2025 IP Australia Intellectual Property Report

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Katy/Katie Perry Trademark Case Heads to High Court

CG

Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

New patents and trade marks acceleration programs

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Spruson & Ferguson

Patent term extensions – Insights from recent Federal Court decisions

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Spruson & Ferguson

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Retroactive foreign filing licences for patents

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

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