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Assigning registered intellectual property rights in Australia: legal requirements and the importance of clarity

Understanding the legal requirements & best practices for IP assignment can prevent costly disputes & ensure a smooth transfer of ownership.

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Navigating Australian patent support requirements: Recent decisions highlight key considerations for practitioners

The Australian Patent Office has issued 3 opposition decisions, each finding that claims lacked support under the Patents Act.

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Never really over? Aussie fashion designer appeals to High Court in trademark battle with Katy Perry

Killer Queen, LLC v Taylor [2024] FCAFC 149 (Appeal Case)

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Bartier Perry

Lord Of The Fries' Triumph Over Lord Of The Rings

Every now and then, we get the opportunity to report on an Australian IP judgment. In this article, we discuss the recent judgment in the trade mark case of Middle-earth Enterprises v Lord of the Fries Pty Ltd (2025) ATMO 48.

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ENS

Recent decision on copyright infringement: A puff piece

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

IP and The Gambler

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Sandoz ascertains obviousness finding against Bayer's Australian Xarelto patent

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Spruson & Ferguson

Copyright Comparative Guide

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Hall & Wilcox

Why Build A Patent Portfolio?

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Spruson & Ferguson

Aristocrat v Commissioner of Patents – The High Court says no (for now!)

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

‘Culture' Change | The patent boom of precision fermentation in F&B

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Spruson & Ferguson

IP perspectives: deregistration risk arising from ‘non-use' of a registered trade mark

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Cooper Grace Ward

What's in a game? Technological protection measures under the Copyright Act

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Piper Alderman

Use of prophetic examples in patent specifications

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Spruson & Ferguson

What To Expect In 2025: Employment Law In Australia

Australia Employment

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Ius Laboris

Explore secured creditor appointments and processes with insights from Lander & Rogers experts.

Australia Commercial

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Cathro & Partners

It's official - you can't contract out of s18 of the ACL

Australia Consumer

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Kennedys

Is an employee's secret recording of a workplace conversation a valid reason for dismissal?

Australia Employment

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Holman Webb Lawyers

2025 Federal Budget And Australian Immigration

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

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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

Recent decision on copyright infringement: A puff piece

Recent copyright infringement case discussed.

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

IP and The Gambler

"The Gambler" is a country song written by Don Schlitz and made famous by Kenny Rogers.

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Copyright Comparative Guide

Copyright Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Australia, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

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Hall & Wilcox

What's in a game? Technological protection measures under the Copyright Act

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Piper Alderman

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

Does my employer own my intellectual property?

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LegalVision

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Licensing & Syndication

IP and The Gambler

"The Gambler" is a country song written by Don Schlitz and made famous by Kenny Rogers.

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Intellectual property enforcement trends positive for foreign entities

Over the last ten years, China has made considerable changes to its intellectual property enforcement mechanisms.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Intellectual property in commercial contract templates

Key considerations when reviewing your organisation's IP clause.

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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

eSports and copyright – It's in the game

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Bartier Perry

The Pokémon Company International, Inc v Pokemon Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 1561: The importance of an intellectual property protection strategy

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Piper Alderman

Foreign filing licenses — considerations for Australian patent attorneys

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Spruson & Ferguson

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Patent

Ocean Energy Surges Towards Commercialisation

Fifteen publicly-funded ocean energy farms, with a total capacity of 165 MW, are scheduled for deployment over the next five years, according to a recent report from Ocean Energy Europe.

Australia Energy

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Marks & Clerk

Navigating Australian patent support requirements: Recent decisions highlight key considerations for practitioners

The Australian Patent Office has issued 3 opposition decisions, each finding that claims lacked support under the Patents Act.

MP

Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Sandoz ascertains obviousness finding against Bayer's Australian Xarelto patent

The seesawing judgments that led to this final outcome in Sandoz's favour and discuss the implications for both patentees and generics.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Why Build A Patent Portfolio?

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Spruson & Ferguson

Aristocrat v Commissioner of Patents – The High Court says no (for now!)

MP

Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

‘Culture' Change | The patent boom of precision fermentation in F&B

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Spruson & Ferguson

Use of prophetic examples in patent specifications

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Spruson & Ferguson

Legal 500 country guide I Patent litigation in Australia

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Spruson & Ferguson

When is your data ready for a Patent Application?

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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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