The Indian Biological Diversity Act: a review of the Amendment Bill 2021
Posted by Deepa Tiku
12 Aug 2022
It is important for countries like India, with diverse biological resources, to have regulations on access and use of biological resources. At the same...
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A good night for Neurim Pharmaceuticals - Assistant Commissioner Luiten as an agent for controlling the release of an examined patent application
03 Aug 2022
Neurim Pharmaceuticals was unsuccessful in overcoming the examiner’s repeated objections to its New Zealand patent application, but the application will be accepted subject to...
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3 ways to spot the signs of burnout
Posted by Clare Davis
27 Jul 2022
So often I am asked, “How can I recognise when someone I work with is feeling burnt out?”   This is a great question! When I...
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Soda-ceptive – did a straw man suppress the true patent opponent’s identity from foaming over?
14 Jul 2022
In 2015, Suntory Holdings Limited sought to patent a carbonated beverage comprising both Reb M and Reb A which in combination provided the function...
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The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand piles on DABUS
07 Jun 2022
... the broader implications of whether a “person skilled in the art” can be an AI are significant...
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Charting IP roadmaps for investments into Africa
Posted by Chinweizu Ogban
07 Jun 2022
Africa is the world’s fastest growing continent and six of its countries are among the world’s fastest growing. The bottom line is that there...
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Beware of infringement when using others' trade marks in hashtags (#) online
Posted by George Huang
02 Jun 2022
While ‘hashtag trade marks’ consisting of the hash symbol ‘#’ and one or more words are accepted by most trade mark offices, for example,...
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DABUS has crashed – no natural person found on board
16 May 2022
DABUS is an alleged artificial intelligence, and the Artificial Inventor Project have been testing the bounds of patent law...
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