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Victorian Government’s Technology Voucher Program
The Victorian Government is making available up to $8 million to assist companies to develop and trial new technologies. The program is targeted at the development, adoption and integration of industrial biotechnology, small technologies and advanced information and communication technology (ICT) by businesses. Watermark is pleased to be an approved ...
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‘Raising the Step’; a step backwards?
The Innovation Patent is a ‘second tier’ patent established to promote innovation in Australia. It has some similarities to the ‘utility model’ regime widely adopted in various forms elsewhere. IP Australia has released a controversial consultation paper titled “Innovation Patents-Raising the Step” in which it argues that the Patents Act ...
Europe moves inexorably closer to agreement on the Unitary European Patent
Recent developments suggest that agreement on the holy grail of European patent law – a single patent, enforceable across (almost) the entire European Union – may finally be approaching fruition. Agreed Framework After about 40 years of negotiations, on 29 June 2012 leaders of the European Union, with the exception of those ...
Australian Patent Applicant Alert: Actions to take before 15 April 2013 to avoid higher patent hurdles and secure your rights
Most provisions of The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2011 are due to come into effect on 15 April 2013 (commencement date). Of significance to those seeking patent rights, the Act introduces higher patentability standards which, whilst aiming to ensure that granted Australian patents are of a ...
