In the first Australian round of Apple's global patent war against Android tablets and smartphones, the Federal Court of Australia in Apple Inc v Samsung Electronics Co Ltd [2011] FCA 1164 granted Apple an interlocutory (preliminary) injunction preventing Samsung from launching its Galaxy Tab 10.1 onto the Australian market.
3 Nov 2011
The Senate appears likely to reject the proposal to exclude "biological materials" from patentable subject matter in Australia, as Deborah Polites and Richard Hoad explain.
13 Oct 2011
Ten years after its introduction, Australia's unique innovation patent system is under review. On 17 August, the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) published an issues paper, "Review of the Innovation Patent System". The closing date for submissions is 14 October 2011.
5 Sep 2011
Generally in the workplace context, any intellectual property (IP) created by an employee in the course of their employment is, in the normal course, owned by the employer.
23 May 2011
Disclosure of compounds in prior art are novelty defeating even in the absence of sufficient information enabling its production
10 Mar 2011
