In Australia, patent attorneys are not lawyers, and a professional using the title “lawyer” has completed a law degree, and if they intend to give legal advice, they must also have a current practicing certificate. A lawyer who is “admitted to the Bar”, referred to as a “barrister” is capable of representing clients in most...Read More

In recent years, there has in Australia been considerable flux as to what is patentable for computer-implemented inventions. In the Commissioner of Patents v RPL Central Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 177, a Full Bench of the Federal Court found that a computer-implemented method (which the court characterised as a ‘business method’ or ‘scheme’) to be...Read More

Do you wish to protect a new product or device? The Australian Innovation Patent System which provides a quick way to obtain short term patent protection, will soon be phased out on 26 August 2021. An Australian Innovation Patent lasts up to eight years and is designed to protect inventions that do not meet the...Read More