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Media Update - Australia
15 Sep 2021 The end of cheap comments? The High Court confirms operators of Facebook pages are publishers of third party comments
The High Court of Australia upheld the decision in Voller that owners and administrators of social media pages can be held liable for defamatory comments made…
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IP @ Ashurst update | australia
12 Aug 2021 The evolution of innovation: Artificial Intelligence can be an "inventor" of a patentable invention says a Federal Court Judge
The Federal Court hands down a world first decision concluding that an artificial intelligence system is permitted to be named as an "inventor" on a patent…
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LIFE SCIENCES UPDATE
28 Jul 2021 High time for medicinal cannabis cultivators and manufacturers: Australian Government simplifies licensing regime
Authors: Anita Cade, Partner; Stevie Gough, Senior Associate; and Stephen Klimis, Lawyer
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LIFE SCIENCES UPDATE - AUSTRALIA
12 Apr 2021 Changes on the horizon for regulation of medicinal cannabis in Australia?
Authors: Anita Cade, Partner; Eoin Martyn, Senior Associate; and Stephen Klimis, Lawyer
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LIFE SCIENCES UPDATE – AUSTRALIA
03 Feb 2021 Inclusive Patent Claims: Have They Lost Support post-Raising the Bar?
Justice Burley in MSD v Wyeth [2020] FCA 1477 invalidated Pfizer's patent claim to a 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine for lack of support because it contained…
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MEDIA UPDATE - AUSTRALIA
27 Nov 2020 Streaming won't kill the TV star: Australian government announces reforms for TV and streaming industries
Authors: Anita Cade, Partner; Robert Todd, Partner; and Ted Talas, Lawyer
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IP @ ASHURST UPDATE - AUSTRALIA
13 Nov 2020 Death of the implied licence: High Court adopts the doctrine of exhaustion in Australia
Calidad Pty Ltd v Seiko Epson Corporation [2020] HCA 41 case note. By a 4:3 majority, the High Court of Australia has found that the doctrine of exhaustion…
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LIFE SCIENCES UPDATE
01 Oct 2020 Advertising during COVID? Beware the medicines watchdog
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) takes a more active role in addressing advertising non-compliances during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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LIFE SCIENCES UPDATE - AUSTRALIA
19 Aug 2020 Settlement of a patent dispute: The $17.6 million reminder to make sure you've drafted what (you think) you've bargained for
Sandoz Pty Ltd v H. Lundbeck A/S [2020] FCAFC 133. Damages awarded to Lundbeck A/S and Lundbeck Australia Pty Ltd is overturned by the Full Federal Court…
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Media Update - Australia
19 Jul 2020 A Stinging Endorsement: Court of Appeal finds social media user liable in defamation for endorsing third party post
Stoltenberg v Bolton; Loder v Bolton [2020] NSWCA 45 the New South Wales Court of Appeal has found a user liable in defamation for endorsing a defamatory…
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Media Update
30 Jun 2020 The High Court's spotlight on a tort of privacy in Smethurst v Commissioner of Police
On 15 April 2020, the High Court delivered judgment on the challenge to the AFP raid of journalist Annika Smethurst's home in Smethurst v Commissioner of…
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LIFE SCIENCES UPDATE – AUSTRALIA
03 Jun 2020 Australian Government blazes a new trail for medicinal cannabis regulation
Authors: Anita Cade, Partner; and Caroline Christian, Lawyer
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IP @ Ashurst Update
25 May 2020 As solid as a Rokt - Federal Court holds strong on test of patentability for computer-implemented inventions
The Full Federal Court has confirmed that marketing and business schemes implemented through a computer are not patentable.
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IP@ashurst update
15 May 2020 Upcoming Introduction of a Repair Clause in German Design Law
Competition in the market for car spare parts which are visible to the end user to be liberalised to the benefit of consumers. This statement is from the…
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LIFE SCIENCES UPDATE – AUSTRALIA
28 Apr 2020 What's the (added) matter? Court refuses amendments under post- Raising the Bar test
CSIRO v BASF [2020] FCA 328. In the context of an application to amend a patent for recombinant plants producing polyunsaturated fatty acids, the Federal…
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IP @ Ashurst Update
20 Apr 2020 Goodwill and trade marks: crunchy not smooth
Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC v Bega Cheese Limited [2020] FCAFC 65: Bega once again prevails in its peanut butter jar dispute with Kraft, with the Full…
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IP @ Ashurst Update
06 Apr 2020 Crown use of intellectual property rights in Australia
Authors: Anita Cade, Partner; Ted Talas, Lawyer; and Stephen Klimis, Graduate
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Media Update - Australia
25 Mar 2020 True Crime & Punishment: Legal Risks in True Crime Series
In response to the boom in true crime, we have prepared a guide to the legal risks of true crime documentary series and podcasts, including defamation,…
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Life Sciences Update - Australia
28 Feb 2020 TGA flexes its muscles with a proposal to bulk-up regulation of sports supplements
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has received submissions regarding a proposal to declare that certain sports supplements, when used, advertised or…
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LIFE SCIENCES UPDATE - australia
22 Jan 2020 No new genetic material, no regulation, no problems?
The Gene Technology Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2019 remain in force following a failed Senate motion to disallow.
