2020 Year in Review – PRC Patent Laws and Practices

By Justin Davidson (HK) and Stanley Ng on February 4, 2021 Posted in Intellectual Property, Patents

2020 was a year of change and challenge. This holds true not only for the way we live and work, but also in relation to the patent laws and practices in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). In the last year, a number of significant amendments affecting various aspects of patent prosecution and enforcement were … Continue reading

Calidad v Seiko – defining the scope of the implied licence

By Helen Macpherson (AU) and Harrison Ottaway (AU) on July 30, 2019 Posted in General

One of the more controversial questions in patent law is the extent to which a patentee may continue to exercise control over patent-protected goods after their sale. This question invokes competing tensions between the rights of the patentee and the rights of the purchaser to free enjoyment of goods they have purchased. In a number … Continue reading

Don’t Rokt the boat: developments in the patentability of computer implemented inventions in Australia

By Helen Macpherson (AU) and Isobel Taylor (AU) on May 7, 2019 Posted in General

With the continued rise of digital technologies and mining of big data, computer implemented inventions (CIIs) are being increasingly utilised in a wide range of industries. CIIs enable companies to deliver more personalised products and solutions to consumers, whether in the form of more personalised medical treatments and diagnostic tools in the pharmaceutical and healthcare … Continue reading