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12 May 2023FeaturesJurisdiction reportsNaomi Pearce, Eliza Jane Saunders and Chris Vindurampulle

Australia: Beware the shifting sands of term extensions

There is no limit to the number of PTEs a pharmaceutical patentee can obtain in Australia. It increasingly common for there to be five to ten (or more) patents extended per medicine.

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