Isolated genes patentable: Cancer Voices Australia v Myriad Genetics
BREAKING NEWS: Full Federal Court finds that isolated genetic material is patentable subject matter as an artificially created state of affairs.
Way more than an everyday interest in IP
BREAKING NEWS: Full Federal Court finds that isolated genetic material is patentable subject matter as an artificially created state of affairs.
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) released its final report on “Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era” (Report) yesterday, setting out the detailed legal design of a statutory civil cause of action for serious invasions of privacy. In a report commissioned by the Gillard government in 2013, the ALRC recommends that the cause read more…
Klinger, a Sherlock Holmes expert and co-editor of an anthology inspired by Sherlock Holmes, has been praised for performing a “public service” in fighting the Conan Doyle Estate (the Estate) for the right to use characters taken from Sherlock Holmes stories published before 1923. At the same time, Judge Posner issued a strong warning to read more…
The legal consequences of the prank call made in December 2012 in which Australian radio announcers called a hospital in London pretending to be Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles asking after the health of the Duchess of Cambridge are still to be determined. On 15 August 2014 the High Court of Australia decided that read more…