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Celebrating International Women's Day \| Q&A with Emma Ball	Reasons for registering Copyright in China
Celebrating International Women's Day \| Q&A with Becky White	Sale of a drug under confidentiality is not considered invalidating secret use under US post AIA
Celebrating International Women's Day \| Q&A with Jodie Imam	Trans-Pacific Partnership: The monster out of the cupboard
Celebrating International Women's Day \| Q&A with Dharmica Mistry	FB Rice Patent & Trade Mark Prosecution ranked Tier 1 by the MIP Stars survey
FB Rice trade marks team recognised by WTR 1000	Is 'the' purpose for undertaking R&D in industry the same as the 'Dominant' Purpose?
Invitation: Is your R&D tax claim compliant? Deadline 30 April	FB Rice Managing IP Global Awards 2016 Finalist
Why being an “Orphan” can be a benefit for pharmaceuticals	Substantiating your R&D tax incentive claim-the recent AAT decision
Descriptive trade marks: can David, Goliath and all their mates now use “community bank”?	Andrew Gregory becomes FB Rice Associate
The South East Asian Utility Model	Clever Data Processing still Patentable after latest Full Court rejection of a software patent
The benefit of a hearing in intellectual property prosecution	Jenny Petering weighs in on National Innovation & Science Agenda with fellow BioMelbourne Network Members
FB Rice Adelaide Networking Event	Australian Government launches National Innovation & Science Agenda
How to obtain a patent licence from the Australian Patent Office	Australian Patent Office proposes focused interpretation of gene patent decision
IP rights for designers, in a nutshell	Further changes to the Singapore patent system afoot
Singapore - A rising ASEAN patent star	The Australian IP Toolkit for Collaboration
Brett Lunn re-appointed as President of Association of Intellectual Property Firms (AIPF)	Australian High Court Myriad Decision
Beer Matters Conference and the Scottish Beer Awards	Will the Enlarged Board of Appeal provide an antidote for “poisonous priority” in Europe?
The 7th annual BrewCon and the rise of indie beer	Australian High Court rule on obviousness - the Rosuvastatin (CRESTOR) decision
Plugging the Holes: Swiss Claims in Australia	Innovation Patents - is the system about to be abolished?
New Zealand increases patent fees	Australian Productivity Commission to Review Current Intellectual Property System
Patentability of computer implemented inventions in Australia: Three key takeaways from the Encompass decision	FB Rice named Australian Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year
The Australian 25 Year Patent	The Future of Australian Medicine is here!
Encompass decision of the Federal Court provides little contribution on when software is patentable	New rules for determining availability of a Business Name
Is Australia Ready for a Patent Box?	Pharmaceutical extensions of term still not available for patents to methods of treatment
When is it appropriate to file a device or image mark in colour in Australia?	Buildings and Precincts: Brand, Common Heritage or Geographical?
2019 Southern Highlands Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry	Pharmaceutical Follow-on Patents - Maintaining Market Exclusivity in the Pharmaceutical Industry
The Australian approach to the Patent Prosecution Highway	FB Rice Strengthens Partnership Group
IP Rights in the Pharmaceutical sector: Not exclusively the domain of patents	Anja Bartels reviews the Australian Trade Marks Office decision in Mars Australia Pty Ltd v Delfi Chocolate Manufacturing
2019 EMDG applications now open	Risk of Infringing Imports? Consider an Australian Customs Notice
New Zealand divisional patent practice – restrictive now and likely to become more restrictive?	China and Australia finally sign ChAFTA
Andrew Gregory promoted to FB Rice Senior Associate	Jenny Petering and Prue Cowin contribute to new book titled 'Intellectual Property in Molecular Medicine
FB Rice MIP IP Stars 2019/20 Australia	Are you at risk of losing your IP rights?
FB Rice July 2019 Promotions	Planning to trade with China? Plan to protect your trade marks!
Patents of beauty	Advisory Council on Intellectual Property releases Final Report for Review of the Designs System
IMNIS Engaging with Industry	AusBiotech launches ‘Guide for Australian medical technology companies seeking to engage in China’
Joanne Martin recognised once again in MIP World Top 250 list	Trading With China
FB Rice retains top tier rankings in MIP IP STARS 2019	Plants may be patentable in Europe even if the methods by which they are produced are not
Patent prosecution strategy in the ASEAN region: Understanding the ASPEC and GPPH programmes	China Trade Mark Law and Practice Update
The Repair Defence against infringement of registered designs	FB Rice Hosts ACBC Q&A on Intellectual Property in China
Working Requirement in Indonesia	FB Rice Trade Marks team now a Tier 1 firm for prosecution!
FB Rice partnership with the Medical Device Partnering Program	Patentability of nucleic acid molecules - on its way to the High Court
Patent highlights from the Australian IP Report 2019	Are you protecting your Technology, R&D and Innovation? Charles Berman tells you how in his recent Q&A with Austmine
Trade mark use must meet standards for ‘Authorised Use’	Cantarella Bros. v. Espresso Enterprises – Good Coffee but Bad Faith
Australia to launch Wine Label Intellectual Property Directory	Patent-Eligible Subject Matter in the U.S. (the road ahead)
Chunky revisited	Supreme Court Holds Findings of Fact Require Deference
FB Rice and Steve Gledhill win at Australian Financial Review’s Client Choice Awards	The Australian Government is Accelerating Commercialisation
FB Rice and Gender Balance	Myriad in Wonderland: Under Alice, diagnostic method claims dealt another blow in the United States
R&D Tax Incentive changes on hold	Paul Whenman contributes to new book titled 'Patent Term Extensions'
Australia: trade mark non-use grace period scaled back	New Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility…something markedly different!?
Toby Thompson promoted to FB Rice Senior Associate	A more flexible approach at the European Patent Office?
Trade Marks: Appeal decision confirms limited scope of the Registrar’s power to correct the Register	Three crocodilian genomes reveal ancestral patterns of evolution among archosaurs
WTO panel decision: Australia’s tobacco plain packaging legislation not in violation of TRIPS	China-Australia Free Trade Agreement
FB Rice awarded Australian ‘Patent Attorney Firm of the Year’ at the inaugural Global IP Awards	Australian Full Court sets new test for software patents - It's all about the substance
Brexit uncertainty - what does this mean for trade mark rights in the UK?	IP Australia makes data available online
Evolving trade mark law and practice in China – optimising trade mark protection	Changes to Canadian Trade Mark Law
Will Morgan promoted to FB Rice Senior Associate	Update on Australian Federal Court decision regarding patentability of isolated nucleic acid molecules
New lease of life for software patents in Australia	Unsolicited offers - trade mark owners beware!
MOF2018 6th International Conference on Metal-Organic and Open Framework Compounds	New Zealand Patent Update - Major changes apply from 13 September 2014
ManagingIP (MIP) Rising IP Stars for 2018	Will your excuse cut the mustard? A short, succinct excuse just won’t work for an extension of time
Congratulations to Samuel Elnajar for his recently published research article in the European Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry	What you need to know about changes to the Korean Patents Act
Alan Lee “green entrepreneur” and founder of Singapore-based company Elmich makes international headlines	Key Points from the Innovation Patent System Review
New Zealand to introduce a one-year grace period	US Supreme Court sends Alice down the rabbit hole!
Winner \| Trademark Firm of the Year 2018 \| Asia IP Awards	Software patents – New USPTO Pilot Program to expedite examination
GUI designs in Australia	Two important new Supreme Court Decisions
How to use intellectual property to grow your business	A Positive Change for the Singapore Patent System – a summary for Australian Investors
World Trade Organization upholds Australia's tobacco plain packaging legislation	Deadline for filing Request for Examination in Australia
Join us at IPBC Australasia 2018 in Melbourne	Important information on changes to New Zealand Patent Law
2018 RACI Natural Products Chemistry Symposium	Melbourne office public holiday closure
BOHEMIA and BOHEMIA CRYSTAL trademarks cancelled for descriptiveness	Dae-Woong Oh discusses Innovation Patents in Australia on Korean news website
Australia: Change to patent examiners manual creates uncertainty	Connie Merlino outlines five approaches to software inventions in Managing Intellectual Property
What is the stance on plain packaging across Asia?	Medical Device Supplier Directive Published by CFDA
New Zealand’s second-tier patent system fails to advance	FB Rice Attorney, Dr. Lee Miles, is delighted to continue his involvement in research activities at the University of Sydney related to crocodilian genetics, evolution and genomics
Register of Trade Marks: The Scope of the Registrar’s Power to Correct the Register	Eddie Walker promoted to Senior Associate
What’s the problem? Australia adopts European-style inventive step test	The New Shanghai Free Trade Zone – potential IP benefits
Replica product “specials” (perhaps unnecessarily) frustrating local design market	Modernisation of New Zealand Patent Law
FB Rice to present at the Australia China Technology Incubator Bootcamps	China med tech’s growing global appetite swallows Australian distributor Ulco Medical
Congratulations to FB Rice staff	Difficulties in extending patent protection for uses of known drugs in Europe – treatment of patient (sub) populations
EOFY Research & Development Tax Incentive checklist	Case Summary - Spirit Pharmaceuticals v Mundipharma
The innovation patent system lives to fight another day!	Parallel Importation: INTA’s contribution towards a global approach
Do you undertake Research and Development activities overseas?	Further difficulties for pharma companies in India, and one biopharmaceutical company’s novel approach
The challenge in obtaining broad antibody genus claims in the US	Proving use of a trade mark in the USA
FB Rice IP Stars \| Managing Intellectual Property	Changes to Offences and Penalties under the Trade Marks Act 1995
Colour Word Marks: Trade Mark registration in Australia	Pharmaceutical companies continue to struggle in India
UK triggers next step in European patent overhaul	The legalities and practicalities of doing business in China
R&D Tax Incentive Budget 2018 \| Changes you need to know	US and European approaches to antibody patents
New Zealand relaxes support required for amending patent specifications	Bitter pill to swallow for pharmaceutical companies
Joanne Martin recognised in Top 250 Women in IP (2018) \| Managing Intellectual Property	Jenny Petering featured in IAM Patent 1000
World IP Day \| Powering change: Women in innovation and creativity	It’s all in what you say and how you say it
When is it preferable to file for a composite mark?	How your IP investment is contributing to a smarter country
The “Advancement Patent”: Second-tier patent system on the horizon in New Zealand?	Innovation patents and their importance as a business tool
Did you say ‘a shortage of cocoa beans’?	TRADE MARKS, COMPANY and BUSINESS NAMES and DOMAIN NAMES : The same but different!
FB Rice \| Australian Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year	Oppositions in Australia - new procedures from 15 April 2013
LESANZ Annual Conference 2018 \| FB Rice Partnership	Australia \| Patent Law Update \| Changes commencing 15 April 2013
Winner - 2018 Best IP Specialist Firm	Australian Court Finds Isolated Genes Are Patentable
New Zealand patent regulations amended to fix filing issues	Raising the bar in intellectual property
ASEAN: Why you should consider trade mark protection	High praise for FB Rice in World Trademark Review 1000
Happy Chinese New Year!	Billion-dollar patent infringement verdict for Carnegie Mellon University
WTR 1000 - The World's Leading Trademark Professionals 2018	Higher patentability threshold in Australia from 15 April 2013
FB Rice Trade Marks team ranked Tier 1 for Prosecution - MIP	Changes to filing with IP Australia
Australian agribusiness winners under revised TPP: considerations for sustaining a winning position	Intellectual property — risk management aspects
Microeconomics for Software Patents	The Brave New World of Social Media
FB Rice opens Brisbane office	Raising the quality of granted patents
Proposed abolition of Australian Innovation Patent	Competitor Intellectual Property rights? What are your options?
Brews & Brands - Registering and protecting your trade marks overseas	Induced Infringement of Patents - Changes to US Law
FB Rice supports Marriage Equality in Australia	Naming the Dragon: Protecting Chinese Character Trade Marks
New Zealand joins the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH)	Overview of Changes to the Australian Trade Marks System
FB Rice receives Asia IP Tier 1 Ranking for patent proscution	The Prometheus decision... six months on
Patentability of software inventions	Troublesome competitor IP rights? What are your options?
Two new Administrative Appeal Tribunal cases shed light on eligibility of R&D activities and claimants	Taming the Dragon: Trade Mark protection in China
Best method: the New Act	Design registrations vs patents
Timely review of the Conflict of Interest Provisions in the Code of Conduct for Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys	The iPAD trademark in China – the aftermath
The Australian National Science Statement – A plan for a plan?	Wham! Bam! It's a Scam!
Let's be Alert but not Alarmed!	Changes to Australian Patent Office Official Fees
The Cost of Sufficiency	Offices closed - Monday 11 June 2012
FB Rice Ranked Tier 1 by IP Stars for Patent and Trade Mark Prosecution	Launch of National Business Names Register
How to support your R&D Tax claim - an overview of the legislative and regulatory environment	The reach of a famous mark
Victorian Government opens new fund to fast-track medical research	ACCC v Google Inc. appeal decision
FB Rice awarded Best IP Strategy Firm - APAC	Offices closed - Wednesday 25 April 2012
Goodbye Alice? Proposed changes to US subject matter eligibility test move away from recent court decisions	IP Law, Raising the Bar and Non-pharmaceuticals
EPO delivers antidote for poisonous priority	Experimenters breathe a sigh of relief
Australian innovation scrutinised again	Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act
5 tips to maximise and secure your Research and Development Tax Incentive claim	Botox: holding the line against dilution
Federal court decision on lack of entitlement	Groundless threats of legal proceedings
The Silver Mines Case - What Tax Agents Need to Know	FB Rice - working with Pangolin Associates
Inventorship – a muddy concept at best	Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill
Intellectual Property Arrangements Report released by Australian Productivity Commission	The iPAD trademark in China – a sorry tale of woe
Green Light for Trans-Tasman Patent Attorney Regime	In the IT space, patents really matter
Out with the old? Possible changes to NZ divisional patent practice	Apple formally loses the first battle against Samsung
Interfering RNA (iRNA) is no interference to manner of manufacture in Australia	Among easiest countries in which to do business: New Zealand - well worth considering
R&D Tax Incentive Review good or bad news for Australian Innovators?	FB Rice and the Environment
Understanding Brand Protection in China: Beyond Trade Mark Registration	Domain Name Developments
ASEAN IP Agreement Membership Breakdown	Apple vs Samsung - temporary injunction
Update \| Extension of term on 'Swiss-style' pharmaceutical claims	America Invents Act reintroduces USPTO prioritised examination procedure
Tobacco on the back foot?	Health Market Validation Program to provide $15 million in grants
Expect the unexpected \| Patenting antibodies in Asia	Experimenters breathe a sigh of relief
Singapore raises the bar on post-grant amendments	The complex field of antibodies...
It's business as usual \| Proposed single Trans-Tasman patent application & examination process withdrawn	Significant changes to US Patent Law - Quick Guide
IP rights and 3D printing - What does it mean for you?	UTS: Engage - the Lessons Learnt
US Senator Hatch accuses Australia of stealing American patents and will not accept anything less than a 12 year data exclusivity term	UTS: Engage - Health Futures, can we afford to live?
USPTO Announces Patent Fast Track Pilot Program for Cancer Immunotherapy Applications	Branding in 3 easy steps...
European Applications set on the Patent Prosecution Highway	Among easiest countries in which to do business: New Zealand - well worth considering
BREXIT \| Business as usual for IP rights	Trade Marks in Australia - mid year roundup 2011
Inside the 'ideas boom'	Unsolicited correspondence resembling invoices or offering services
Should defensive trade marks be part of your portfolio protection strategy?	R&D Tax Concession
New Zealand Divisional Filing Practice Warning	The Parallel Universe
FOXTEL vs BBC - APO finds scheduled download system patentable	Parallel Importation - Start with Philosophy
MCRI Bytes4Health: Powering up Digital Health Startups Program	Entire Australian patent history now available online
Australian High Court approves the Full Federal Court RPL Central decision and rejects appeal	Education Series - Number three: Patents for Methods of Medical Treatment of Humans
Episode IV: A New (or False) Hope for Diagnostic Method Claims? – New Guidance on Subject Matter Eligibility from the USPTO	UPDATE: USPTO ceases planned changes due to budget restraints
Budget update: Good news for Australian SMEs	UPDATE: New expedited examination procedure at the USPTO
Joanne Martin makes MIP World Top 250 List	Australia gets tough on divisional applications
Proposed cuts to R&D tax Incentive Bill has lapsed.	Another honest to goodness trade mark dispute!
Toward a new inventiveness requirement: The RPL Central decision	US Senate votes to pass historic patent reform legislation
FB Rice adds new R&D Tax Consulting group to its business

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