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Meeting patent deadlines in Australia and New Zealand during the Covid-19 outbreak

Stay informed about the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on patent services around the world. Coordinate with our patent attorneys at this time of cris [...]

Naleesha Niranjan
31 March 2020

Impact of Covid-19 and information for trade mark owners

Stay informed about the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on trade mark services around the world. Our attorneys are working to provide regular updates [...]

Isabelle Guzman
27 March 2020

Requirements for legalising power of attorney documents when filing trade marks

What is legalising, and when is an applicant required to legalise documents before trade mark application?

Baxter IP
21 November 2019

Use of a trade mark within a corporate group

One Federal Court decision clarifies what is considered as "authorised use" of a trade mark wherein the trade mark user is not the trade mark owner bu [...]

Baxter IP
21 November 2019

A case review: Rokt Pte Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2018]

The “ROKT” case sheds light on how the court will address manner of manufacture issues for computer implemented methods. – Naleesha Niranjan

Naleesha Niranjan
28 June 2019

Shining light on the term “contains” in a patent application

Is the word "contains" construed in an exhaustive sense or in an inclusive sense? Paul Goodall reviews a recent alleged infringement case which sheds [...]

Baxter IP
26 June 2019

The Differences between Australian and New Zealand Designs Law

Registered designs are a relatively cost effective and underutilised form of IP protection. Registered designs protect the aesthetic or visual feature [...]

Baxter IP
10 April 2019

Aristocrat Decisions Provide Some Clarity on Manner of Manufacture of Software Type / IT Inventions ...

Australian Patent Law has typically shown and aversion to ‘pure’ business methods, working directions, mere instructions and the like; these being [...]

Baxter IP
5 March 2019

The Fate of the Innovation Patent in Australia

The innovation patent, which was devised to primarily aid local SMEs achieve some form of intellectual property protection for their ideas, is being e [...]

Baxter IP
19 November 2018