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IP @ Ashurst
04 Jul 2022 Federal Court dismisses appeal regarding "MALISHUS" use
The appeal failed because the Federal Court disagreed with Mr Lamont's arguments that the primary judge made errors when concluding that Mr Nicholas did not…
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Ip @ Ashurst update
14 Apr 2022 The importance of 'human endeavour': Full Court decides that an AI system cannot be named as an "inventor" on a patent application
The Full Federal Court has clarified that Artificial Intelligence cannot be considered as an inventor under the Patents Act 1990 (Cth). This decision brings…
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Ip @ Ashurst
30 Mar 2022 F45's patents not working out: Computer-implemented system for arranging exercise stations not fit enough to patent
Invalidity Justice Nicholas held that the invention was not a manner of manufacture In doing so, Justice Nicholas applied the following two step approach: …
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IP @ Ashurst
14 Dec 2021 Does the house always win? Full Federal Court finds "feature games" not patentable
The appeal The Full Federal Court (Middleton and Perram JJ, with Nicholas J agreeing in a separate judgment) held that the two step approach adopted by the…
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construction insight
21 Jan 2021 Brexit: Top Ten Issues for the Construction Sector
The UK officially left the EU at 11:00 pm on 31 January 2020. On 24 December 2020, the EU and UK reached a Trade and Cooperation Agreement ("TCA"), which…
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brexit | tax insight
19 Jan 2021 Business after Brexit: Understanding the changes to Tax
Top considerations for post-Brexit and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement
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corporate crime insight
24 Dec 2020 Corporate Crime: What now for 2021?
Authors: Ruby Hamid, Partner; Rani John, Partner; James Clarke, Partner; Ross Denton, Consultant; Ronnie King, Partner; Hortense de Roux, Partner; Cameron…
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built environment insight
17 Jun 2020 UKGBC guest article: Building back better - the built environment at the heart of a green recovery
One good reason for this is the robust evidence recently provided by a team of internationally recognised experts, including Nobel prize winner Joseph…
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Energy & resources insight
11 May 2020 Newhurst continues UK merchant EfW trend
Construction of the Newhurst energy from waste (EfW) facility will soon commence at Shepshed, Leicestershire, after the project reached financial close in…
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OIL & GAS INDUSTRY BRIEFING
22 Nov 2019 Worldwide diesel pain may be just six weeks away
Authors Hazel Brasington, Consultant, Julia Derrick, Partner and Nicholas Chant, Graduate
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Global tax insight - issue 5
31 Oct 2019 Global Taxation of the Digital Economy
The key issue here is the taxation of cross-border flows and profits. In particular, when should jurisdiction A subject an entity from jurisdiction B to tax…
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global tax insight - issue 5
31 Oct 2019 Taxation of the Digital Economy - the OECD's approach
The OECD – in the form of a multijurisdictional task force involving 134 member countries - is working towards a long term, comprehensive, consensus-based…
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global tax insight - issue 5
31 Oct 2019 The UK's proposed Digital Services Tax
As with the other jurisdictions taking unilateral action, the UK's decision to introduce a digital services tax was initially prompted by frustration at the…
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IP @ Ashurst
08 Jul 2019 Sun continues to shine for generics on balance of convenience: Sun Pharma given green light to launch
At first instance, Justice Nicholas revoked all asserted claims in two of Mylan's patents and two asserted claims were revoked for the remaining (expired)…
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infraread issue 13 | uk
10 Apr 2019 Developments in two-stage contracting and early contractor involvement
Is the UK construction industry now ready to embrace a procurement model based on two-stage contracting and early contractor involvement, on the basis that it…
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IP @ Ashurst
09 Oct 2018 No escape for Wentworth pirates with site-blocking orders granted
Background On 19 June 2018, Justice Nicholas of the Federal Court handed down the latest decision in the series of site-blocking cases His Honour ordered…
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global tax insight, issue 4 | europe
25 Sep 2018 The continuing EU Tax and State Aid Saga
Momentum continues to build from the European Commission on Tax and State Aid cases which could compel Member States to recover taxation from multinational…
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global tax insight, issue 4 | europe
25 Sep 2018 EU reporting rules on cross-border tax planning
New EU rules have been introduced which will require intermediaries or taxpayers to report information in respect of potentially aggressive cross-border tax…
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energysource | Issue 20
19 Jul 2018 Market view: Subsidy-free UK solar and wind projects
With the UK's first subsidy-free solar project opening in September 2017, the industry is beginning to shift to a new era of "subsidy-free" renewables out of…
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Global Tax Insight, Issue 3 | UK
05 Dec 2017 Why a company may not be tax resident where you think
Questions frequently arise as to what steps must be taken to ensure a company is tax resident in a particular jurisdiction. This is important as tax residence…
