Duncan Bucknell

On 31 January 2006, a Grand Panel of the Japanese Intellectual Property High Court held that by recycling (refilling and reselling) Canon’s inkjet cartridges, Recycle had infringed Canon’s patent number JP...

On 10 March 2006, the Australian Full Federal Court handed down its decision in Commissioner of Patents v Emperor Sports. Take home In dismissing the appeal, the Full Court reinforced the...

On 24 February 2006, the US CAFC handed down its decision in SmithKline v Apotex. Take home In essence, SmithKline v Apotex provides generic pharmaceutical companies with another avenue of attack...

(The following is a set of speaker notes, so please forgive the truncated style.) Types of proceedings The standard proceedings are available in Australia: namely – infringement / revocation and declarations...