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Aristocrat overdid it with expert evidence in patent case, court says
Appeals 2020-07-13 9:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has trimmed the costs the Commissioner of Patents owes Aristocrat Technologies after the gaming giant successfully appealed a ruling rejecting four of its gaming patents, saying Aristocrat had “over-egged the pudding” by submitting evidence from three experts on the patentability of its inventions.

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Sequenom’s ‘incorporeal’ prenatal genetic test unpatentable, Ariosa tells Full Court
Adrian Ryan 2020-06-29 9:12 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Ariosa Diagnostics is fighting to revoke a patent for noninvasive prenatal test owned by Sequenom, arguing it merely describes how to extract “incorporeal” genetic information that is naturally found within the DNA of an unborn foetus.

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The house wins: Aristocrat beats out IP Australia in fight over slot machine patents
Appeals 2020-06-05 10:03 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Gaming giant Aristocrat Technologies has succeeded in its appeal of an IP Australia decision rejecting four of its gaming patents, with a judge finding they were “not a mere scheme” but an actual manner of manufacture.

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Full Court deals another blow to software patents in Rokt case
Advertising 2020-05-21 11:29 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Full Federal Court has rejected a patent application for a digital advertising system by e-commerce firm Rokt in a test case by IP Australia that comes as a blow to the patentability of computer software in Australia.

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Rokt parries blows from Full Court as it looks to save software patent
Advertising 2020-02-10 9:53 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A landmark ruling granting fintech Rokt’s application for a software patent has come under attack before the Full Federal Court, with the judges expressing skepticism about the invention’s patentability.

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High Court to weigh in on patent exhaustion in Seiko ink cartridge spat
Allens 2020-01-08 5:08 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The High Court has granted special leave to cartridge reseller Calidad after the company lost an intellectual property dispute with printer giant Seiko Epson and was hit with a general injunction barring it from further patent infringement.

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SNF, BASF resolve remaining patent dispute
David Shavin 2019-11-11 10:44 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Global chemicals giant SNF has dropped its case against rival BASF over a lucrative mining patent, the last of numerous Federal Court disputes between the companies.

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Encompass patents don’t pass muster with IP Australia, despite amendment
Angus Lang 2019-11-04 5:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

IP Australia has found two Encompass innovation patents that were at the centre of a highly anticipated Full Federal Court ruling on the patentability of computer software do not describe a manner of manufacture, despite an amendment from the financial software company.

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Seiko wins general injunction against Calidad in ink cartridge patent case
Allens 2019-09-27 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Imposing an injunction in general form against a patent infringer is not an undue burden in and of itself, the Full Federal Court has ruled in siding with printer giant Seiko Epson in its ongoing intellectual property fight with cartridge reseller Calidad.

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Full Federal Court declines to clarify standard for patentability of computer-implemented inventions
Angus Lang 2019-09-13 10:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A five-judge panel of the Full Federal Court has found two innovation patents by financial software company Encompass Corp. are not a manner of manufacture, but held back on providing more clarity on the test for the patentability of computer-implemented inventions.

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