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It’s Christmas – so it must be time for copyright reforms – IPwars.com
At long last and just in time for Christmas, the Communications Branch of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications has published the long awaited exposure draft of the Copyright Amendment (Access Reform) Bill 2021 and – a
Designs law reform – IPwars.com
IP Australia has published 3 consultation papers on proposed reforms to registered designs law:
- Public consultation of Protection for Virtual Designs
- Public consultation on Protection for Partial Designs; and
- Public consultation on Protection for Incremental Improvements of Designs
There are
Designs ACIP amendments in force – IPwars.com
IP Australia advises that the final provisions of the Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Act 2021 came into force last Thursday, 10 March 2022.
Included among the important reforms which came into force are:
- the 12 month
An AI is not an inventor after all (or yet) – IPwars.com
A strong Full Bench of the Federal Court of Australia has ruled that DABUS, an artificial intelligence, is not an inventor for the purposes of patent law. So, Dr. Thaler’s application for DABUS’ patent has been rejected. No doubt the
A case of design – IPwars.com
Burley J has ruled that Uniden’s XTrak mobile radio product would infringe GME’s registered design.
Uniden had begun displaying in Australia images of its Xtrak product on its website and in its online shop, but was not yet selling the
Prof. Brennan on copyright in Australia – IPwars.com
Late last year, Prof. David Brennan published Copyright LawFederation Press.
Those of you who have heard David speak or read any of his wide-ranging publications will no doubt appreciate that this is a book worth adding to your arsenal
Thaler (DABUS) is donged Down Under – IPwars.com
Last Friday, the clock finally ran out on Dr Thaler’s attempt to register a patent in Australia on the basis that the artificial intelligence, DABUS, was the inventor: the High Court refused special leave to appeal from the Full Federal
Some talks (not me) – IPwars.com
Coming to the end of the year, there are events on reforming patent litigation practices and domain name disputes in review.
Patent litigation practice
Calling it “A very IPRIA Christmas”, IP Australia and IPRIA are hosting on December 7th at
Damages when the software vendor doesn’t deliver – IPwars.com
The NSW Court of Appeal has upheld the decision to award damages for a defective computer system as the cost of replacement and also included a component for an employee’s time spent working on solutions for the problems.
Some facts
It must be Christmas – there’s a copyright issues paper – IPwars.com
The Attorney-General has released a Copyright Enforcement Review: Issues Paper.
The Issues Paper begins with a welcome recognition that copyright plays an important role in “Australia’s creative ecosystem and broader economy”:
Copyright infringement may harm Australia’s creative ecosystem and broader