A few handy reminders for business owners from a recent Australian Federal Court decision on costs. Trade Mark Protection is Crucial: Ensure your trade marks are robustly maintained and defended. In...

Be proactive in managing your brands, especially when entering and operating in new markets, even if online. Be quick to identify and avoid or address potential conflicts as the expense and...

There can be a lot of uncertainty in deciding whether to commence patent infringement proceedings. They are expensive, and you want to get this decision right. A key factor is often...

Here’s an update on what’s been happening in the world of IP lately: Silfab acquires EnPV’s solar panel patent portfolio including the Self-Aligned Back Contact (SABC) technology and an associated trade...

Here’s a brief round up of practical things to remember from recent Australian Federal Court IP decisions. (There’s no real legal analysis here, sorry – this one is for business readers,...

Another Repatha instalment, this time the UPC (Unified Patents Court) in Europe issued it’s first decision on infringement of second medical use claims. Regeneron’s EP 3536712 patent (licensed to Sanofi) found...

“‘The technology is moving so fast and we’re so small, we don’t need a patent, we just need to move fast.” Wrong. Every small tech company is going to want to...

In fairly big news for patent litigants in the US, the Federal Circuit recently clarified that you can rely on prior art in the patent litigation, even if you have relied...

US Copyright Office released a controversial report on AI impact on copyright and then one day later Trump fired the Director, Shira Perlmutter. A key finding of the report was that...

The global dispute between Amgen and Sanofi over patent claims to Amgen’s drug Repatha® (evoloumab) saw another chapter close on 24 April. In this installment, the Australian Federal Court dismissed Sanofi’s...