Since its establishment in 2009, by the Melbourne Law School in conjunction with the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia (IPTA), the annual Francis Gurry Lecture on Intellectual Property has rightly become a highlight on the Australian
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The Patentology Blog, published by Patentology, focuses on issues related to patent law and practice, particularly within Australia and New Zealand. It covers topics such as patent application trends, the impact of artificial intelligence on patent drafting and filings, patent office procedures, examination backlogs, and structural changes in the patent attorney profession. The blog also discusses legal challenges involving patent examiners, legislative amendments affecting patent applications, and the use of AI tools in patent specification drafting and patent drawings. It provides analysis of patent prosecution data, policy developments, and practical aspects of patent law and innovation policy.
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Recent Trends in the Trans-Tasman Patent Attorney Profession
As regular readers of this blog – and watchers of the Australasian patent attorney profession in general – are well-aware, we have witnessed over recent years a significant upheaval in the profession, including three public listings of attorney firm groups…
High Court’s Failure Exposes the Festering Eligibility Sore in Australia’s Patent Laws
In a keenly-awaited – and thus hugely disappointing – ‘decision’, the High Court of Australia has failed to satisfactorily resolve the question of whether patent claims directed to electronic gaming machine (EGM) technology developed by Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd…
Eligibility of Computer-Implemented Inventions Behind Unprecedented Numbers of Patent Office Rulings
Once upon a time – not so very long ago, in fact – it was rare for the Australian Patent Office to issue a formal published ruling on the patent-eligibility of claims submitted for examination. Indeed, ex parte decisions (i.e.…
SMEs, Universities and Research Organisations Most Disadvantaged by Lack of a Patent Filing Grace Period, says EPO Study
Over the past two decades or so, the number of major jurisdictions offering some form of general ‘grace period’ for filing of patent applications has grown significantly. This has largely been driven by bilateral agreements (e.g. free trade agreements involving…
Aristocrat’s EGM Inventions Set for Showdown in the High Court
On 10 March 2022, the High Court of Australia granted Aristocrat’s application for special leave to appeal the decision of a Full Bench of the Federal Court, which found its claims directed to an Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) implementing…
Privately-Held Attorney Firms Have Built Filing Share Over the Past Decade, Thanks Largely to IPH!
While some doomsayers predicted that the rise of publicly listed groups of patent attorney firms would lead to terrible problems, including a reduction of competition, in the Australasian market for IP services, the sky has yet to actually fall. After…
Division and Conversion – the Continuing Life of the Australian Innovation Patent
In the Patents chapter of its recently-published 2022 IP Report, IP Australia provides the usual annual filing statistics for 2021. According to the report, there were 23,371 Australian standard patent applications filed as National Phase Entries (NPEs) from international…
Attorney Code of Conduct Passes ‘Health Check’ with Flying Colours
The Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board (TTIPAB) has published a report, and its response, on a Health Check of the Code of Conduct for Trans-Tasman Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys 2018 [PDF, 2.05MB]. The Report was prepared by Professor Andrew…
Upcoming Online Conference on ‘Inventorship in Patent Law’
On Monday 16 May 2022 the European Patent Office (EPO) is running an online conference on ‘Inventorship in Patent Law’. It commences at 1.30pm Central European Summer Time (CEST), which is 9.30pm on the east coast of Australia (AEST),…