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High Court Refuses Special Leave In Aristocrat Case: Full Court's Approach To Computer-implemented Inventions Affirmed

Companies innovating in this space should act promptly to review and optimise their patent portfolios.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Future-proof your brand: Navigating the 2026 IP & regulatory landscape

The world of brand protection is evolving quickly, and 2026 brings a few important changes that are worth having on your radar.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Jacksons Drawing Supplies Pty Ltd V Jackson's Art Supplies Ltd (No 2) [2025] FCA 1127

The case reinforces the need for businesses to monitor online brand use and act promptly, while showing how the Court seeks to protect established reputations through targeted, practical remedies.

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Pointon Partners

Reputation (High Court's Version): Bed Bath 'N' Table v Global Retail Brands Australia

The High Court of Australia has allowed Bed Bath ‘N' Table Pty Ltd's (BBNT) appeal from the decision of the Full Federal Court in its case against Global Retail Brands Australia Pty Ltd (GRBA).

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K&L Gates LLP

New Bill To Unlock Orphan Works And Untraceable Designs

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

The Australian Innovation Patent – Not Quite Dead Yet!

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

EPO And IP Australia To Launch PCT Pilot Programme Starting 1 March 2026

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Marks & Clerk

AI can now impersonate you better than most humans. Who owns that version of you?

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Can you take your trade mark with you when selling or manufacturing in another country?

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Spruson & Ferguson

Mistakes to Avoid Losing Your Trade Mark

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LegalVision

Mixing It Up: The End Of The Line For Patent Term Extensions For Formulation Patents In Australia

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Full Federal Court curtails term extensions for patents to pharmaceutical formulations

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Spruson & Ferguson

Non-traditional trade marks

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

The Importance of Protecting Your Brand Overseas

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LegalVision

Neurodiversity In The Workplace

Australia Employment

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Kennedys

It Depends – What's up with trusts?

Australia Commercial

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Cooper Grace Ward

Employment Relations Podcast #46 – Safety In The Workplace: Drug And Alcohol Testing And Policies

Australia Employment

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Piper Alderman

Podcast: SMSFs With CGW – What Is Happening With Division 296 Tax? (Tax On Large Superannuation Balances)

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Cooper Grace Ward

Funds Update - 9 January 2026

Australia Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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Jacksons Drawing Supplies Pty Ltd V Jackson's Art Supplies Ltd (No 2) [2025] FCA 1127

The case reinforces the need for businesses to monitor online brand use and act promptly, while showing how the Court seeks to protect established reputations through targeted, practical remedies.

PP

Pointon Partners

New Bill To Unlock Orphan Works And Untraceable Designs

This would offer a way forward for organisations that conduct diligent searches for untraceable copyright owners.

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Getty Images V Stability AI – Court Considers AI Training And Copyright

The High Court of England and Wales has delivered one of the first major decisions on the use of copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence models.

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Buying A Business With Software At Its Core: Key Issues In Australia

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Copyright Comparative Guide

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Hall & Wilcox

Australia's position on AI and copyright - text and data mining exemption rejected

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Spruson & Ferguson

Generative AI And IP: Key Legal Considerations For Australian Businesses

Australia Technology

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Copyright and Generative AI: what Australia can learn from the Meta and Anthropic Rulings

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Swaab

"They had no right to rip off my building plans, that's copyright infringement." Which case won?

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Stacks Law Firm

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Licensing & Syndication

Generative AI And IP: Key Legal Considerations For Australian Businesses

Learn how existing laws apply and how to safeguard your organisation's IP rights.

Australia Technology

CG

Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Moral Rights and Films – McCallum v Projector Films Pty Ltd

For authors, being aware of the moral rights to proper attribution and not to be falsely attributed is important to avoid unnecessary potential disputes with parties using their work.

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Piper Alderman

Understanding intellectual property in the construction industry

Relevance of IP in the construction sector and highlight common issues that can arise when IP rights are not clearly understood or properly managed.

Australia Real Estate

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Holding Redlich

Why Skyportz Is Giving Away Its Patented Vertiport Tech...... For Free

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Marks & Clerk

Latest Statistics In The 2025 IP Australia Intellectual Property Report

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Spruson & Ferguson

IP and The Gambler

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Intellectual property enforcement trends positive for foreign entities

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Spruson & Ferguson

Intellectual property in commercial contract templates

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Holding Redlich

Australia | Design protection: IP Australia's bold reforms for the Digital Age

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Spruson & Ferguson

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Patent

High Court Refuses Special Leave In Aristocrat Case: Full Court's Approach To Computer-implemented Inventions Affirmed

Companies innovating in this space should act promptly to review and optimise their patent portfolios.

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

The Australian Innovation Patent – Not Quite Dead Yet!

The Australian innovation patent was introduced in 2001 and was intended to provide a lower cost second tier patent.

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

EPO And IP Australia To Launch PCT Pilot Programme Starting 1 March 2026

The 19 January 2026 announcement of a new PCT pilot programme between IP Australia and the European Patent Office is an interesting development for innovators based in Australia.

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Marks & Clerk

Mixing It Up: The End Of The Line For Patent Term Extensions For Formulation Patents In Australia

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Full Federal Court curtails term extensions for patents to pharmaceutical formulations

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Patents: The Evolving Law Of Support And Sufficiency

SF

Spruson & Ferguson

Buying A Business With Software At Its Core: Key Issues In Australia

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Sustainability or liability? The international IP landscape for environmental claims in the food and beverage sector

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Not The Final Algorithm: The Full Court's Approach In Aristocrat

PA

Piper Alderman

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Trade Secrets

Generative AI And IP: Key Legal Considerations For Australian Businesses

Learn how existing laws apply and how to safeguard your organisation's IP rights.

Australia Technology

CG

Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Understanding intellectual property in the construction industry

Relevance of IP in the construction sector and highlight common issues that can arise when IP rights are not clearly understood or properly managed.

Australia Real Estate

HR

Holding Redlich

Latest Statistics In The 2025 IP Australia Intellectual Property Report

The Report presents and discusses the latest IP statistics across the range of categories administered by IP Australia.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Intellectual property in commercial contract templates

HR

Holding Redlich

Australia | Design protection: IP Australia's bold reforms for the Digital Age

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Spruson & Ferguson

Being assertive comes at a price – IP Australia fee hike

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McCabes

Game of phones: 7 things to consider when developing an app

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LegalVision

Native Extracts v Plant Extracts: essential elements of confidential information claims

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Piper Alderman

Navigating intellectual property rights: Alex and Jordan's strategic edge in innovation

Australia Real Estate

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Sajen Legal

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Latest Videos

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Retroactive foreign filing licences for patents

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

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