Inventors speak: IPRIA patent infringement survey

On Tuesday 9 June, I attended an IPRIA seminar at which Kimberlee Weatherall (UQ) and Assoc Prof Beth Webster (Melbourne) of IPRIA presented the res read more...
Way more than an everyday interest in IP
On Tuesday 9 June, I attended an IPRIA seminar at which Kimberlee Weatherall (UQ) and Assoc Prof Beth Webster (Melbourne) of IPRIA presented the res read more...
The US Federal Circuit recently held that when seeking a declaratory judgment in relation to a patent held by a foreign entity, specific personal jurisdiction is only appropriate where that entity has sufficient contacts with the jurisdiction in which the judgment is pursued.
The rationale for this is found in the due process requirements in the US Constitution. Essentially, jurisdiction is appropriate over an entity when it would be fair to haul it before courts in that forum. Fairness, in turn, can be established where:
read more...A data processing system for pooling the assets of investors; a method for structuring a financial transaction to protect an individual's assets; a method of hedging against the risk of a spike in the price of coal: are these patentable inventions? read more...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has proposed to WIPO a comprehensive overhaul of the PCT system, dubbed PCT II, which would further internationalise the patent application system.
read more...No doubt you are aware of those pesky ads on TV asking you to text “FLIRT” if you want to discover how much of a flirter your partner is, text for that too-catchy too-cute ringtone, or even claiming to be able to tell you whether your lover is “the one”. These, along with psychic and horoscope lines, voting lines for TV shows or competitions, dating and chat services, ringtone services, sports updates and even exam result hotlines, all fall under the banner of Mobile Premium Services (MPS). MPS are broad, consisting of any content or services that you access vi read more...
On 22 April 2009 the High Court delivered its decision in Ice TV Pty Ltd v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd. read more...
The Bill to replace the Patents Act 1953 (NZ) has finally received its first reading in Parliament. Copies of the draft Bill, the explanatory memorandum, and the first reading speeches are available at http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Legislation/Bills/a/f/2/00DBHOH_BILL8651_1-Patents-Bill.htm
read more...In a recent audit of .org.au domain names, auDA (the body responsible for .au domain names) found that 4,113 domain names (being 23% of all audited .org.au domain name registrations) did not comply with the eligibility criteria. This included instances where a domain name:
read more...Confidentiality has seldom before been more challenged than it is at present, by the emergence of the internet phenomenon Wikileaks (http://wikileaks.org).
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