Today’s Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald have carried a story reporting that copyright-infringing downloads have escalated as a consequence of the economic downturn. Read the article here.
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Federal Court puts brakes on truck show exhibit
As noted in the article “Rapid relief – seeking interlocutory injunctions to restrain patent infringement” in the May 2009 issue of Inventive Steps, there appears to be a recent trend for Australian Courts to more readily grant an interlocutory injunction to restrain alleged patent infringement. While the cases mentioned in that article mostly arose in [...]
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Australian budget provides good news for innovators
The Australian government presented it budget to parliament on Tuesday evening. It is a big-spending budget intended to cushion the impact of the global recession and to stimulate the economy.
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Public submissions sought on Patents Bill
The New Zealand Patents Bill received its first reading in Parliamant on 5 May. The Bill has been referred to the Commerce Committee, which has invited public submissions, by 2 July.
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IPONZ adds 2 new PCT status descriptions
The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) has introduced two new status descriptions for Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Applications entering the New Zealand National phase. The new statuses are: Waiting for examination date and Ready for examination.
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The Attorney-General has announced the proposed abolition of the Federal Magistrates Court, with Magistrates being integrated into the Federal and Family Courts.
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Last night, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s 7.30 Report screened a story on gene patents, which included the views of advocates and opponents of the patentability of genes. The story transcript (and a link to the video) is here.
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Parliament invites submissions on Trade Marks Bill
The New Zealand Parliament has invited public submissions on the Trade Marks (International Treaties and Enforcement) Amendment Bill. The deadline is 15 May. We reported on the introduction of the bill here. Information on the call for submissions and how to make them is here.
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