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Unified Patent Court (UPC) and Unified Patent system – updates on “Protocol on Provisional Applicati - Kilburn & Strode Please note this article was updated on 28 January 2021. The Preparatory Committee of the Unified Patent Court has announced the entry into force of the Protocol on Provisional Application (PPA) of the UPC Agreement, following the recent ratification by Austria. www.unified-patent-court.org/news/aus...

U.S. Patent Office Announces Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program | News & Resources | Dorsey U.S. Patent Office Announces Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program January 11, 2022 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced a new pilot program, called the Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program (“Pilot Program”), that will a...

Australian Design Legislation Streamlined The Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Act 2021 (the Amendment Act) received the Royal Assent on 10 September 2021. A summary of the changes hse been published here by IP Australia. The Amendment Act puts in place a number of provisions summarized below. Grace Per...

Patentability of Biotech Inventions in Australia - Ariosa v Sequenom - Round 2 Manner of manufacture (the Australian equivalent of patentable subject matter) is having its judicial moment in the sun across all technology fields. The Full Court decision in Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc v Sequenom, Inc [2021] FCAFC 101 adds yet another piece to that puzzle in the diagnostic method spa...

Registered Designs - A Strategic Guide This year, we see the unfortunate demise of the innovation patent system. We have written a post about that here. That this is unfortunate is exacerbated by the recent amendments to the Patents Act 1990 (No. 83) as a result of the enactment of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Ba...

The devil is in the detail: lessons from a failed extension of time request It is generally regarded that the provisions available in Australia for restoration of a lapsed patent application or patent are quite generous. For the most part, this is accurate but with some important caveats. The application that is made is not to restore the abandoned application or granted pa...