The IP attorney of tomorrow: skills, judgement, and adaptation
Posted by FICPI Communications Committee
21 Oct 2026
What the next generation of IP attorneys needs to know is no longer a theoretical question. Demographic pressure, technological change, and a shifting patent...
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Two sides of the table: part II — why IP Australia keeps coming back to the table
Posted by FICPI Communications Committee
21 Oct 2026
Margaret Tregurtha, Acting Director-General of IP Australia, explains why closing the loop with practitioners matters more than any single meeting on its own.In the...
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Two sides of the table in Australia: part I — when the profession organised
Posted by FICPI Communications Committee
21 Oct 2026
For ten years, Australian patent attorneys advising software clients faced something close to a coin flip where identical claim strategies...
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Bench to bedside: what translational science asks of the IP attorney
Posted by FICPI Communications Committee
12 Oct 2026
Dr Anji Miller of LifeArc explains why protecting a discovery is only ever half the job of getting it to a patient....
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G 1/25: Enlarged Board limits compulsory adaptation of the description
Posted by Robert Watson
28 Sep 2026
FICPI welcomes a more proportionate approach, although questions remain over implementation. The EPC does not require formal concordance....
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Pharmascience v Janssen (2026 SCC 26): The Supreme Court of Canada, methods of medical treatment and the significance of FICPI’s intervention
Posted by Robert Watson
27 Aug 2026
The case raised fundamental questions about international harmonisation of patent law......
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