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Ultra Tune's small victory in Franchising Code case
Earlier this year, InIP reported on a case brought by the ACCC alleging various breaches of the Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes – Franchising) Regulation 2014 (Franchising Code). Ultra Tune Australia Pty Ltd (Ultra Tune) was found to have committed numerous breaches of the Franchising Code. ...
What does patentable subject matter Encompass for computer-implemented inventions in Australia?
In a highly anticipated decision, the Full Bench of the Australian Federal Court recently dismissed the appeal in Encompass Corporation v InfoTrack. Despite the opportunity to clarify the scope of patentability of computer-implemented inventions, the question of what encompasses patentable subject matter remains open. ...
Parmesan by any other name: geographical indications loom large for Australian businesses
Australian businesses may have to change the names of a range of food, drinks and agricultural products after the EU asked Australia to protect a list of hundreds of names under the proposed Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement (A-EU FTA). ...
A change is gonna come: new .au domain name licensing rules
au Domain Administration Ltd, (administrator and self regulatory policy body for the .au ccTLD) has released its draft licencing rules with proposed changes limiting the eligibility for non-Australian entities. ...
Would parmesan by any other name smell as sweet?
The deadline is approaching to lodge an objection to the proposed geographical indications in the Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement. ...
Product safety snapshots – year in review
The last 18 months were a busy time for product safety. Consumers found redress via the courts (in the form of class actions) and the regulator (in the form of product recalls). ...
A positive result for diagnostic method patents in Australia
In the highly anticipated decision Sequenom, Inc. v Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. [2019] FCA 1011, the Federal Court has confirmed that diagnostic methods remain patent-eligible subject matter in Australia … at least for now. ...
Repeal of IP exemption from competition laws to take effect soon
Section 51(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (the CCA), which currently exempts conditional licensing or assignment of IP rights from most of the prohibitions on anti-competitive condu ...
Fish food feuds and authorised trade mark use – Trident Seafoods v Trident Foods
The ongoing fish food feud between Trident Foods Pty Ltd (Trident) and Trident Seafood Corporation (TSC) continues. ...
Flame's copyright claim success a 'dark horse'
Christian rapper Flame has succeeded in a copyright infringement claim against Katy Perry regarding her single 'Dark Horse', in what some are viewing as an overreach of copyright protection. ...