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PTE Alert (part 2): Bad Patent Term Extension Enables Generics to Avoid Preliminary Injunction in Australia

by Naomi Pearce | Dec 24, 2021 | Blog, Naomi Pearce

Newly appointed Justice Rofe delivered an early Christmas gift for generic and biosimilar companies in Australia in the Biogen v Pharmacor reasons delivered yesterday. We speculated last week that the tide may be turning against patentees in relation to preliminary...

PTE Alert – interlocutory injunction refused in Tecfidera® dispute

by Naomi Pearce | Dec 16, 2021 | Blog, Naomi Pearce

In early November Pearce IP reported on a number of Federal Court decisions which appear to indicate flaws in the Australian Patent Office’s interpretation of the eligibility requirements for a patent term extension (PTE). Orders made yesterday in the Biogen v...

Full Court finds another computer-implemented scheme unpatentable

by Naomi Pearce | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog, Naomi Pearce

Date: 29 January 2021 Court: Federal Court of Australia Judge: McKerracher J Date: 08 December 2021 Court: Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia Judges: Perram, Nicholas and Burley J Background Repipe Pty Ltd (Repipe)’s two innovation patents, Australian Patent...

Vague proposals do not an inventor make

by Naomi Pearce | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog, Naomi Pearce

Date: 08 December 2021Court: Full Court of the Federal Court of AustraliaJudges: Nicholas, Yates and O’Bryan JJ Background Australian Patent Application 2013213708 (708 Application) relates to vehicle detection units in the field of parking compliance. The...

Pearce IP is Intellectual Property Team of the Year

by Pearce IP | Dec 6, 2021 | Blog, Jacinta Flattery O’Brien PhD, Kate Legge, Naomi Pearce, Our Awards

It is our great privilege to share that Pearce IP was honoured as “Intellectual Property Team of the Year” at the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards (2021) on 2nd December. Pearce IP was also shortlisted for the Judges’ “Excellence Award” which recognises the 8...

Breaking News – Parliament delivers early Christmas present for Health Care

by Naomi Pearce | Nov 26, 2021 | Blog, Kate Legge, Naomi Pearce

In the last sitting of Parliament for 2021, the House of Representatives delivered the long-awaited Zimmerman Report, more formally entitled “The new frontier—delivering better health for all Australians: inquiry into approval processes for new drugs and novel medical...