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GLMR congratulates David Bayliss and Edward Quinn
While significant milestones are achieved in a fast-growing firm with a rapid...
New Zealand Patent Office finds computer implemented invention patentable
In a recent hearing decision, IsoLynx, LLC [2022] NZIPOPAT 16, the New Zealand...
Australian patentable subject matter test after Aristocrat
In a recent hearing decision, the Australian Patent Office has provided...
Aristocrat rolls snake eyes, but there is a silver lining
In an unusual result, the High Court of Australia has returned an equally...
GLMR Supports Startup Ecosystem
We are proud to announce our continued sponsorship of the UTS Startups Awards in 2022, with a cash prize of $1000 together with an IP audit valued at $1000.
GLMR is Growing
We are excited to announce the addition of five sought-after Australian Patent...
Manner of Manufacture Win
In a recent Patent Office hearing decision relating to a Patent Application for a Waste Management and Processing System, the objection that the invention as claimed was not for a Manner of Manufacture was overturned.
Corrosive Patent Entitlement and the Moving Target of Inventive Concept
In a recent decision the cloudy area of patent entitlement and inventive concept arose yet again. Such cases are always problematic because they usually involve inventors and companies who have not sufficiently documented an inventive process.
The ever-expanding Australian patent box
In the recent 2022 Budget the Patent Box Scheme was extended to patents for low emissions innovations and agricultural and veterinary chemical products listed on the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, the Public Chemicals Registration Information System, or eligible Plant Breeder’s Rights.
Does it look, walk, and quack like a computer?
The Full Federal Court has handed down their judgement in Commissioner of Patents v Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd, overturning orders of the primary judge (Burley J) that found that an innovation patent directed toward an electronic gaming machine was patentable subject matter.