16 January 2023FeaturesJurisdiction reportsNaomi Pearce, Kate Legge and Emily Dwyer

Patent law in Australia: 2022 in review

In Australia, 2022 was an exciting year in patent litigation, with key patent law developments relating to patent terms extensions, unjustified threats, experimental use exception, and AI. In this update we provide a summary of key 2022 Australian patent law “hot topics”, and highlight the same for 2023.

Already registered?

For multi-user price options, or to check if your company has an existing subscription that we can add you to for FREE, please email Adrian Tapping at atapping@newtonmedia.co.uk

More on this story

Patents

Australia extends EPO fast-track patent examinations

21 June 2022 Australia’s IP office, IP Australia, and the European Patent Office (EPO) have agreed to continue the patent prosecution highway (PPH) programme, following a successful pilot phase.

Trademarks

Puma fails to revive TM bid in Australia

9 September 2022 Manufacturer Caterpillar initially failed to block sports brand’s ‘Procat’ mark | But later court rulings sided with the construction equipment manufacturer’s arguments.

On our radar...

Philip Morris case triggers AIPPI call for EPO action

OpenAI faces first copyright suit in India over alleged scraping of news content

UK firms Venner Shipley and AA Thornton combine

Brown Rudnick hires eight-person team from Bochner

UPDATED: German music rights body targets ChatGPT maker in ‘world first’

UPC docs 'excessively redacted' under GDPR claims transparency lawyer

L'Oréal sued over virtual makeup try-on simulator

Patent law in Australia: 2022 in review

More on this story

Editor's picks

Editor's picks

More articles