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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)...

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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).

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Home Ground Advantage: Aussie FanFirm Wins David And Goliath Battle

The Full Federal Court has ruled in favour of Australian company FanFirm Pty Ltd in its long-running trade mark fight with US sports retail giant Fanatics, LLC.

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Mills Oakley

Patents Amendment Bill 2025 barely raises a murmur during first Parliamentary Reading

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Spruson & Ferguson

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

PA

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

Aboriginal Death in Police Custody Alice Springs

Australia Criminal

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

Inside Employment Podcast Series - Episode 2: Policy Parallels – Industrial Relations And Immigration (Video)

Australia Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Immigration And Australian Federal Election Campaign Promises

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Cyber-Flashing Laws, Offences and Penalties in Australia

Australia Criminal

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

482 Visa Processing Times | Delays In Government Processing

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

Proposed Exclusion from Patentability of Genes and Other Biological Materials in Australia

Isolated biological materials, including genes, may be excluded from patent protection in Australia.

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James & Wells Intellectual Property

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

Australia Healthcare

CB

Colin Biggers & Paisley

CRCMining and SmartCap

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Gene Patent Modifications Avoided

SF

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

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Patent

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

Patents Amendment Bill 2025 barely raises a murmur during first Parliamentary Reading

The Bill seeks to remedy New Zealand's patent "divisional problem".

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

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

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Patent term extensions – Insights from recent Federal Court decisions

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

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Trade Secrets

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

Intellectual property in commercial contract templates

Key considerations when reviewing your organisation's IP clause.

HR

Holding Redlich

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

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Being assertive comes at a price – IP Australia fee hike

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McCabes

Game of phones: 7 things to consider when developing an app

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LegalVision

Native Extracts v Plant Extracts: essential elements of confidential information claims

PA

Piper Alderman

Navigating intellectual property rights: Alex and Jordan's strategic edge in innovation

Australia Real Estate

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Sajen Legal

Pouring over patents: A look at non-alcoholic beer inventions

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

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Trademark

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).

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Home Ground Advantage: Aussie FanFirm Wins David And Goliath Battle

The Full Federal Court has ruled in favour of Australian company FanFirm Pty Ltd in its long-running trade mark fight with US sports retail giant Fanatics, LLC.

MO

Mills Oakley

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

How to Avoid the Fate of Brand Genericide

L

LegalVision

Fanatics case highlights requirements for key trade mark defences

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Latest Statistics In The 2025 IP Australia Intellectual Property Report

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

OpenAI's screenless future on pause amidst trade mark dispute

S

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...

MP

Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Mondelez v Aldi: What can New Zealand learn from this overseas lawsuit?

WW

Wynn Williams Lawyers

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Latest Videos

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Retroactive foreign filing licences for patents

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

How do you protect your ideas?

WW

Wynn Williams Lawyers

AJ Park's Illustrated Plainly: Trade Marks 101 (Video)

AP

AJ Park

AJ Park's Illustrated Plainly: Which IP Right Is Best For Me? (Video)

AP

AJ Park

What's The Difference Between Parallel Importation And Counterfeit Goods? How Can I Protect My Products And Brand From Counterfeiting (Video)

AP

AJ Park

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