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Tom Gumley

Tom Gumley

Freehills Patent Attorneys


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New Patent Regulations Change The Due Date For Filing A Notice Of Entitlement

A notice by an Australian patent applicant stating entitlement to grant of patent and to claim priority is to be filed no later than the due date for request for examination....more

4/22/2013 - Deadlines Notice of Entitement Patent Applications Patent Examinations Patents

What To Expect When Australian Patent Prosecution Law Changes On April 15, 2013

April 15, 2013 is an important date insofar as Australian patent prosecution is concerned. On this date ‘new law’ will come into force that will apply to patent applications for which examination has not been requested by...more

2/8/2013 - Deadlines Patent Prosecution Patents Request for Continued Examination

A warning to US & foreign companies on Australian patent infringement by common design: Bayer Pharma AG v Genentech Inc [2012] FCA...

US and other foreign companies that do not have Australian commercial operations will be interested in this decision because it contains prima facie findings that some, perhaps, widely used commercial practices involving...more

1/23/2013 - Bayer Common Design Foreign Corporations Infringement Licenses Patents

Australian Patent Term Extension: A “Long-Term” Battle

If it was ever in doubt as to whether an application for an extension of a pharmaceutical patent term could be late filed after the due date, this recent decision would seem to have removed it, clarifying that late filing is...more

1/15/2013 - Appeals Australian Patent Office Patents Pharmaceutical

Protection of diagnostic inventions in the USA - implications of PerkinElmer, Inc. v Intema Limited

On 20 November 2012 the US Federal Circuit handed down a decision in PerkinElmer, Inc. v Intema Limited1 relating to the patent eligibility of diagnostic method claims. In what appears to foreshadow future decisions regarding...more

11/28/2012 - Diagnostic Method Patents

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