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    Generic Partners Pty Ltd v Neurim Pharmaceuticals Ltd [2022] APO 2

    January 5, 2022

    This Australian Patent Office (‘APO’) decision relates to the granting of a request filed by Neurim Pharmaceuticals Ltd (Neurim) for an extension of time to file a complete patent application to take advantage of the grace period provisions set out in section 24(1)(b) of the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) (Patents Act),¹ which was unsuccessfully opposed by Generic Partners Pty Ltd (Generic).

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    Vehicle Monitoring Systems Pty Ltd v SARB Management Group Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 224

    December 5, 2021

    In a decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia, the meaning of ‘inventive concept’ was considered in the context of entitlement to grant. It was held that an individual providing commercial stimulus to develop an invention is not entitled to the grant of a Patent and such activities do not equate to an inventive concept.

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    Repipe Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (No 3) [2021] FCAFC 223

    November 5, 2021

    In Repipe Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (No 3) [2021] FCAFC 223 (‘Repipe 3’)¹, the validity of amendment applications filed by Repipe in respect of two innovation patents was considered by the Full Federal Court. The Full Court accepted the Commissioner’s arguments dismissing the First Amendment Application, and refused leave to amend in respect of Repipe’s Second Amendment Application². The amendments proposed by Repipe were considered to fail to comply with the Patents Act 1990 (Cth)³ based on the findings held within Repipe Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (No 1) [2019] FCA 1956 (‘Repipe 1’).⁴

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    Commissioner of Patents v Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd [2021] 286 FCR 572

    November 5, 2021

    This High Court decision is an appeal from a decision of the Full Federal Court of Australia in relation to whether Aristocrat’s claim to a system and method of gaming implemented on a computing device should be considered a ‘manner of manufacture’ within the meaning of section 18(1A) of the Patents Act 1990 (Cth).¹

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    Fuchs Lubricants (Australasia) Pty Ltd v Quaker Chemical (Australasia) Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 65

    November 5, 2021

    A grade period which allows public disclosures to be made regarding inventions without invalidating same is available to patentees under the Patents Act 1990 (Cth)¹. The Full Federal Court in Fuchs Lubricants (Australasia) Pty Ltd v Quaker Chemical (Australasia) Pty Ltd² confirmed that the patents under consideration were invalid due to non-confidential disclosures made by the inventor.

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    Designs Amendments Act 2021

    September 5, 2021

    Receiving Royal Assent on 10 September 2021, the Designs Amendment Act 2021 (Cth)¹ has introduced changes to the Designs Act 2003 (Cth).² The changes include the introduction of a prior use infringement exemption of registered designs, the introduction of a grace period for designs, and further changes which will take effect as of 10 March 2022.

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