23 February 2021
Patent claims directed at solving the volume of workplace health & safety paperwork are ‘a good idea’ but unpatentable: Federal Court of Australia
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/australia/patent-claims-directed-at-solving-the-volume-of-workplace-health-and-safety-paperwork

Can a patentee overcome a decision that the invention claimed is not a manner of manufacture (ie. does not contain patentable subject matter) by amendment? On 29 January 2021, the decision in Repipe #2 was handed down ...

22 May 2020
Federal Court confirms that schemes are not patentable merely because they are "new and ingenious" and are implemented using a computer
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/full-federal-court-confirms-that-schemes-are-not-patentable-merely-because-they-are-new

The Federal Court of Australia has found a patent directed at a digital marketing scheme no more than a list of steps to be implemented by a computer using its well-known functions, and is not a patentable invention: ...

17 August 2020
Australia Chapter in "Antitrust and Intellectual Property Review" Fifth Edition
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/australia-chapter-in-antitrust-and-intellectual-property-review-fifth-edition

Our Australian competition and IP team have recently contributed a chapter to the Fifth Edition of The Intellectual Property and Antitrust Review.