Patents

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Mitchell Willocks · 27 September 2019

Computer-implemented inventions patentability: Guidance from the FCAFC in Encompass

Mitchell Willocks discusses the recent computer-implemented inventions patentability decision by the FCAFC in Encompass Corporation Pty Ltd v InfoTrack.
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Mitchell Willocks · 14 December 2018

There’s a drug for that: Generics manufacturer Sandoz ‘rolled the dice and lost’

Mitchell Willocks discusses the recent FCA judgment regarding Sandoz’s generic version of Lundbeck’s popular antidepressant drug, Lexapro.
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Mitchell Willocks · 10 December 2018

Computer software inventions patentability case divides the legal fraternity

Mitchell Willocks discusses the submissions in a high profile FCAFC appeal concerning the patentability of computer software inventions.
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Mitchell Willocks · 7 November 2018

Computer software inventions patentability case gets IPTA’s patents in a bunch

Mitchell Willocks discusses a high profile appeal to the FCAFC concerning the patentability of computer software inventions.
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Mitchell Willocks · 8 October 2018

Mars turns up the heat on Kraft’s summer-proof chocolate

Mitchell Willocks discusses a recent Australian Patent Office decision which left Kraft Foods in a sticky situation.
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Mitchell Willocks · 10 September 2018

Australian intellectual property laws begin paradigm shift

Part 1 of Australian’s response to the Productivity Commission’s intellectual property law enquiry makes changes affecting a range of industries.

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