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Good news for pharmaceutical innovators – Federal Court confirms patent term extensions should be based on patentee's own product
Insight 22 Jun 2021

In the appeal decision Ono Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCA 643 (the Ono decision) the Federal Court has overturned the decision of the Australian Patent Office and confirmed that an application for patent term extension (PTE) should be based on the patentee's own product, not that of a third party or competitor product. ...

Gas pipeline reforms update
Insight 10 Jun 2021

The Energy National Cabinet Reform Committee has released a Decision Regulation Impact Statement (DRIS) identifying a proposed package of reforms for gas pipeline regulation in Australia. ...

Nucleus – corporate law developments: ASIC leadership changes and other updates
Insight 26 May 2021

ASIC leadership changes; ASX advises constitution amendments for CHESS replacement, and launches consultation on oil and gas reporting amendments; ACCC teams up with UK and German competition regulators on merger control; Federal Court upholds record diesel emissions penalty ...

Full Federal Court dismisses Commissioner's transfer pricing appeal against Glencore
Insight 17 Nov 2020

On 6 November 2020, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia handed down its much anticipated decision dismissing the Commissioner's appeal (save for one issue) against Glencore Investment Pty Ltd in a significant transfer pricing dispute. ...

Double-duty provisions to receive much needed guidance on what constitutes 'land development'
Insight 01 Oct 2020

The Victorian SRO has released a draft revenue ruling in an effort to provide practical guidance as to what types of activities constitute 'land development'. Unfortunately, the Draft Ruling does not overcome the existing uncertainty in some common situations and arguably seeks to expand the types of activities that may be considered 'land development'. ...

Independent review recommends fundamental reform of the 'archaic, ineffective' EPBC Act
Insight 11 Aug 2020

The Interim Report of the once-in-a-decade review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act) has recommended major reforms, finding the EPBC Act to be archaic, ineffective and inefficient. ...

State infrastructure post-COVID-19: what are WA's changing infrastructure needs?
Insight 13 Aug 2020

IWA was established in July 2019. It is tasked with preparing a 20-year strategy, refreshed every five years. The strategy will address social, economic and environmental infrastructure sectors (and cross-sector issues). ...

PBS process proving a headache for migraine medications
Insight 29 Jun 2020

Challenging a PBAC decision is not straightforward. We take a look at the available options and examine the alleged delays in listing migraine treatments Emgality and Ajovy on the PBS. ...

Green finance
Insight 25 May 2020

Australia's 'green finance' market continues to grow steadily in response to global environmental challenges and to support sustainable development. Innovative financial products continue to be developed to direct capital towards green projects and to promote sustainability causes or ESG-related per ...

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