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Market Exclusivity and Data Exclusivity included in Drug Administration Law revisions

This article reviews the scope, terms, conditions and regulatory rationale of data exclusivity and market exclusivity under these revisions, and assesses their practical impact on pharmaceutical R&D and registration strategies.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Lessons from recent interlocutory injunctions in pharmaceutical patent cases

An overview of recent decisions in Australia's Federal Court that shine a light on some key lessons for patent owners.

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

NOW the final algorithm: High Court refuses special leave in Aristocrat

High Court finds that computer implemented inventions can be patentable subject matter.

PA

Piper Alderman

Aristocrat case update - Special leave refused

HC confirms a more patent-applicant-friendly approach to assessing the eligibility of computer-implemented inventions in Australia.

MP

Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

PCT Minimum Documentation Expands To Improve Search Quality

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Spruson & Ferguson

Practitioners must keep pace with SE Asia's IP modernisation

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

High Court favours software patents, but can applicants ‘cash-in' at IP Australia?

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

New PCT pilot programme with EPO – what Australian patent applicants need to know

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

High Court Refuses Special Leave In Aristocrat Case: Full Court's Approach To Computer-implemented Inventions Affirmed

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

The Australian Innovation Patent – Not Quite Dead Yet!

MP

Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

EPO And IP Australia To Launch PCT Pilot Programme Starting 1 March 2026

MC

Marks & Clerk

Mixing It Up: The End Of The Line For Patent Term Extensions For Formulation Patents In Australia

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Full Federal Court curtails term extensions for patents to pharmaceutical formulations

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Patents: The Evolving Law Of Support And Sufficiency

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

High Court rules unfairly sacked worker entitled to damages for psychiatric injury

Australia Employment

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Avant Law

Employment Relations Podcast #46 – Safety In The Workplace: Drug And Alcohol Testing And Policies

Australia Employment

PA

Piper Alderman

How Psychosocial Safety Now Sits At The Heart Of Workforce Change

Australia Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Essential ESG: Episode 26 – Insights From The 2025 UN Forum On Business And Human Rights

Australia Environment

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Inside IR Podcast Series - Episode 30 Psychosocial Health In Times Of Workplace Change (Video)

Australia Employment

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Buying A Business With Software At Its Core: Key Issues In Australia

In this article we do a deep dive on key legal issues when buying a software business in Australia.

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Sustainability or liability? The international IP landscape for environmental claims in the food and beverage sector

In the food and beverage space, environmental claims have become a serious IP and legal issue in Australia and internationally.

MP

Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Not The Final Algorithm: The Full Court's Approach In Aristocrat

Debate about the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in Australia.

PA

Piper Alderman

Generative AI And IP: Key Legal Considerations For Australian Businesses

Learn how existing laws apply and how to safeguard your organisation's IP rights.

Australia Technology

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Guide To Differences In Patent Prosecution

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

All Eyes On EYLEA–Sandoz Defeats Preliminary Injunction

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Aristocrat Decision Changes Patent Eligibility Of Computer-implemented Inventions

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Keep Spinning: Aristocrat Finally Hits The Patent Jackpot

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Trends In Patent Filing For Artificial Intelligence-assisted Medical Technologies

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Smart & Biggar

Part 2: Regulatory considerations for orphan drugs

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Part 1: Patenting orphan drugs

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

The NOCO Company v Brown and Watson International Pty Ltd: Revisiting the Best Method and Relevant Date Requirements for Divisional Patents

PA

Piper Alderman

Federal Court Launches Standard Directions To Streamline Patent Disputes

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

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

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Part 1: Patenting orphan drugs

Patent strategies for orphan drugs: Start early, think long.

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

The NOCO Company v Brown and Watson International Pty Ltd: Revisiting the Best Method and Relevant Date Requirements for Divisional Patents

Case clarified the 'relevant date' from which to assess the 'best method' requirement for divisional patents.

PA

Piper Alderman

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

Australia Real Estate

HR

Holding Redlich

New patents and trade marks acceleration programs

New programs feature simplified eligibility criteria to benefit enterprises & innovators.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Patent term extensions – Insights from recent Federal Court decisions

Examines some of the key issues dealt with by the Federal Court in recent patent law cases.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Considerations before filing your own provisional patent application

Common issues - some relate to how the patent specification is drafted and key considerations regarding filing strategy.

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Spruson & Ferguson

US vs AU. Do I need to disclose prior art to the Australian Patent Office?

There is no positive "duty" incumbent on an Australian patent applicant to disclose prior art to the APO.

MP

Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

"Last Call" – High Court to decide the battle of the Katy(ie) Perrys

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Bartier Perry

Australia | Sanofi V Amgen Dispute Update

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Ocean Energy Surges Towards Commercialisation

Australia Energy

MC

Marks & Clerk

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

MP

Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Sandoz ascertains obviousness finding against Bayer's Australian Xarelto patent

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Why Build A Patent Portfolio?

SF

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

SF

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?

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Intellectual property enforcement trends positive for foreign entities

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Koninklijke v Cantarella: An Instant Coffee Clash

PA

Piper Alderman

Intellectual property in commercial contract templates

HR

Holding Redlich

Rattling support and sufficiency – the concept of a "relevant range"

SF

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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