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Nathan Kan

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Soft Close, Hard Lessons: Full Court Reinforces Purposive Construction of Patent Claims and the Disclosure Requirements for Divisional Patents

Soft Close, Hard Lessons: Full Court Reinforces Purposive Construction of Patent Claims and the Disclosure Requirements for Divisional Patents

by , , | Oct 11, 2024

On 18 June 2024, Justice Burley delivered a decision regarding documentary discovery in the long running dispute between Pfizer (Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer Australia) and four of its competitors over AU2005280034 for the “Production of polypeptides” (the Pfizer Patent).

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Generic Partners & Apotex Infringe valid Neurim Sleep Patent

Generic Partners & Apotex Infringe valid Neurim Sleep Patent

No Rest For Infringers of Valid Melatonin Patent in Australia

by , , | Aug 30, 2024

CQMS has successfully opposed ESCO Group’s (ESCO) patent application AU 2018201726 (‘726) on the grounds of lack of support and sufficiency. We previously reported on an opposition between the same parties for a related patent family member AU 2018201710 (‘710). As with that case, the Delegate in the present opposition exercised his authority under section 60(3) of the Patents Act 1990 and raised the additional opposition ground of inutility, which was not asserted by CQMS.

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