17 May 2022 Patent term extensions and infringement proceedings in Australia, and the standing of an exclusive licensee By Nicholas Tyacke, Alexandra de Zwart, Sarah McKenzie For pharmaceutical companies, patent term extensions (PTEs) remain a fundamental means of compensating them for the erosion of the terms...
28 Mar 2022 Patent term extensions in Australia – further challenges for pharmaceutical patentees By Nicholas Tyacke, Alexandra de Zwart, Sarah McKenzie Patent term extensions (PTEs) in Australia have been a hot topic over the past year. On Friday, things got a lot hotter for patentees...
17 Oct 2021 Patent term extensions in Australia – What if the patent covers more than one approved product? By Nicholas Tyacke, Alexandra de Zwart In its second significant recent decision addressing patent term extensions (PTEs) in Australia, the Federal Court of Australia, in Merck...
20 Aug 2021 Patent eligibility of diagnostic methods in Australia confirmed: Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc v Sequenom, Inc [2021] FCAFC 101 By Nicholas Tyacke, Eliza Saunders, Alexandra de Zwart, Sab Singh For many years, the following question awaited judicial determination under Australian law: is a DNA-based diagnostic method patent...
05 Aug 2021 Australian Court determines that an Artificial Intelligence system can be an inventor for the purposes of patent law By Nicholas Tyacke, Alexandra de Zwart Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning are increasingly used in the life sciences industry for research and drug discovery,...
12 May 2021 Australian patent box tax incentive announced in Federal Budget By Nicholas Tyacke, Alexandra de Zwart, Holly Yuan, Greg Bodulovic, Robynne Sanders The 2021-2022 Australian Federal Budget was unveiled last night (11 May 2021). Deemed the ‘COVID-19 Recovery Budget’, it includes a...
01 Nov 2018 Australia – Navigating social media advertising By Alexandra de Zwart Worldwide, there has been increased regulatory scrutiny of social media influencers, including the UK’s ASA guidance (see previous update...