In touch Competition law update is a regular publication by the Allens Competition Law group to keep you informed of the latest news and developments in this area ...

Telecommunications industry body the Communications Alliance has submitted an updated Copyright Notice Scheme to allow rights holders to better use existing legal avenues to defend their rights The updated Notice Scheme resolves a number of issues that were left open when the first draft of the ...

The ongoing lack of certainty about what is required to obtain biosimilar registration in Australia extends to three key issues - Comparability is the new product sufficiently similar to permit it to rely on the reference products safety and efficacy data Extrapolation for which of the indications ...

In a unanimous decision the Full Federal Court has confirmed that genetic materials in their isolated form remain patentable in Australia The decision related to an appeal from an earlier Federal Court decision in which it was found isolated nucleic acids to be a manner of manufacture as required by ...

The Therapeutic Goods Administration has released the final version of a document outlining its approach to the disclosure of commercially confidential information including information provided by medicine sponsors This follows the release of a draft version in June 2013 and a period of public and ...

The difficulty of registering a colour mark or word mark denoting a colour that include issues of market place recognition was highlighted by a recent set of appeals revolving around the use of the word Yellow in a tussle between various business directory goods and service providers Partner Sarah ...

Changes to New Zealand's patent legislation which come into effect on 13 September 2014 will align it more closely to Australia's patent law ...

The recently delegated news domain string has the potential to impact brand owners universally particularly now that registrations in the news domain string are open for general availability With no eligibility requirements and low registration costs news has a high risk of infringement at the ...

Two recent trade mark cases have widened the field of marks that are potentially registerable in Australia on the basis that those marks are inherently adapted to distinguish. ...

The Allens IP blog Scintilla provides regular insights and analysis on intellectual property law We have published a selection of blog posts in a handy digest for clients In this edition we cover the latest issues in patents trade marks copyright designs and international issues ...