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7 Sep 2014, 4:34 am
Even so the fight still lives on in the Land Down Under, and after a decision in the Federal Court of Australia last year the matter has gone further into the Full Federal Court of Australia on appeal, prompting yet a new analysis of the patentability of genes under Australian law.The case in question is D’Arcy v Myriad Genetics Inc, which concerned the same patent (albeit its Australian counterpart) as was discussed in the US Myriad Genetics case; Australian Patent… [read post]
27 Jun 2012, 8:34 pm
In Australia bribing foreign public officials is an offence under the Criminal Code (Cth). [read post]
25 Aug 2014, 7:35 am
How many kangaroos do you think live in Australia in total? [read post]
21 Jul 2009, 8:00 am
And a simple Google search confirms the issues with such a system in Australia. [read post]
10 Mar 2010, 10:39 pm
Today Australia's Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, tabled the recommendation in Parliament so that the government could review it. [read post]
20 Nov 2008, 10:32 pm
This local story from Florida provides an interesting companion to the recent story from Australia on the broader topic of dumb sentencing strategies. [read post]
11 Nov 2008, 10:01 pm
Australian doctors are "in denial"about safe home births, according to an article in the Australia and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology:And in the absence of publicly funded homebirthing programs, women who cannot afford private midwives are increasingly opting for unassisted homebirths, says Lareen Newman, a researcher in the department of public health at Flinders in Adelaide... [read post]
24 Mar 2008, 8:23 pm
What are the largest organisational users of legal services in Australia and New Zealand spending..and on what? [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 2:15 am
Last week, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ("ACCC") announced that it is holding public inquiry into the competitiveness of grocery prices in Australia, as mentioned here.Amid concerns that grocery prices are rising faster than the prices of other goods, the inquiry will consider: the current structure of the grocery industry at the supply, wholesale, and retail levels, including mergers and acquisitions by the national retailers; the nature of competition and… [read post]
22 Dec 2010, 9:39 am
According to the Palm Center at UC Santa Barbara, as of June 2009,here is the list of countries allowing gays to serve: Australia Austria Belgium Canada Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Ireland Israel Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland UK Uruguay Wikipedia offers a longer list, including these countries excluded from the Palm Center list: Albania Argentina Bermuda Republic of China (Taiwan)… [read post]
28 Mar 2012, 4:16 pm
Case: Richard Thomas Ross as trustee for Clear Focus Australia Trust [2012] APO 39Determination of Allowable Amendments After Patent AcceptanceAfter acceptance, an amendment must pass three tests to be allowable. [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 11:16 am
ASIC has released Consultation Paper 126 Facilitating Debt Raisings to assist with the development of a sustainable listed corporate bond market in Australia. [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 8:25 pm
The Government has responded to the Productivity Commission’s (PC’s) final report on Australia’s director and executive remuneration framework. [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 8:47 am
The 16th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (GCET) will be held on September 23-26, 2015 at the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. [read post]
21 Nov 2008, 1:20 pm
This article closely scrutinises the reasoning adopted by the High Court of Australia in several cases in which it has held that the Australian Constitution contains within it an implied freedom of political communication inferred, supposedly, from the Constitution's provision for a system of representative democracy. [read post]
13 Feb 2008, 10:56 pm
According to the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia "International Developments in IP Bulletin" for February 2008, the EU's Office for Harmonization of the Internal Market has createda database containing geographical indications of wines, spirits, agricultural productsand foodstuffs protected under Community Regulations and Bilateral Treatiesbetween the European Commission and third countries. [read post]
6 Feb 2011, 4:32 am
The gene patents issue had been simmering in Australia for some time, with a Senate Enquiry into the subject having been underway for over a year, but with the Myriad decision in the US, and the Australian litigation, it exploded into the headlines. [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 7:00 am
Technology and copyright issues for digital music have long been hot topics in Australia and worldwide. [read post]
8 Jun 2008, 5:31 pm
M&C, as well as Australia's Herald Sun, report that yesterday Egypt's Parliament passed legislation-- effective immediately-- outlawing female circumcision (except in cases of medical necessity). [read post]
6 Jan 2010, 12:07 pm
Beaton Consulting, which is “Australia’s leading B2B services research and consulting firm, providing insights to drive business performance” has released this short video on trends in the legal profession over the next thirty years. [read post]
