You can use the "preliminary discovery" process to obtain documents prior to the commencement of court proceedings to assess the merits...

The short answer to this question is 'no'. The Examiners Manual states: "Games per se are not patentable being merely mental processes,...

The short answer is 'no'. US Examiners routinely reject applications for software inventions on the basis they are allegedly "mere...

Patent Examiners often object to patent applications on the basis that the invention is obvious. Everything seems obvious in hindsight....

You can protect your idea in China with a patent application. There are three types of patents in China: (1) invention, (2) utility and...

Employees The employer owns the intellectual property created by an employee if it is related to the employer’s business, unless the...

The New Zealand Patents Act specifically excludes software from being patentable subject matter. However, new software for controlling...

Yes they can. In the case of Calidad Pty Ltd v Seiko Epson Corporation [2020] HCA 41 the majority of the High Court of Australia ruled...

No. Abstract ideas such as rules for playing a game are not patentable subject matter. However, you can register your board design. The...

Cosmetics are patentable. Natural ingredients used in cosmetics cannot be patented by themselves. However, you can patent the use of...

A primary rule of the patent system is that you should not tell anybody about your invention before you have filed a patent application. ...

The short answer is that the Australian Patents Office will grant patents for software that has a technical purpose which is connected...

Section 187 of the Patents Act 1990 requires details of changes in ownership of patents to be recorded on the register. However, there is...

The short answer is 'no'. Perpetual motion machines allegedly produce endless motion without any external source of energy. However, all...

A patent can only claim one invention. Sometimes during the course of examination, an Examiner identifies more than one invention in the...

A person or company that has been unjustifiably threatened with patent infringement litigation may seek an injunction to prevent the...

In the case of Apple & Pear Australia Ltd v Pink Lady America LLC [2015] VSC 617, the Victorian Supreme Court determined that a...

Recipes are most effectively protected by the law of trade secrets, rather than copyright or patents. ​Well known secret recipes were...

The case of Kafataris v Davis [2016] FCAFC 134 shows that you only disclose your invention to interested third parties under a...

In the case of D'Arcy v Myriad Genetics Inc [2015] HCA 35, the High Court of Australia unanimously determined that the isolated nucleic...