On 30 July 2021, the Federal Court of Australia over-turned the decision of the Australian Commissioner of Patents, and instead found that an artificial intelligence (AI) system named DABUS could be the inventor of an Australian patent. BUT on 13 April 2022, the Full Federal Court reverted back to the outcome reached by the Commissioner of Patents, holding … Read more
On 24 March 2022, the direct .au domain name will launch and be available for licensing from .au Domain Administrator (auDA) accredited Registrars. The new domain level means website names can be shortened by dropping the .com (or other variants featured in domain names) to become just “website.au”. Where there is no existing domain name … Read more
By Maddison Reznik, IP Lawyer and Trade mark Attorney. Our client, Clothing the Gaps, recently posted an update on their Instagram in relation to the trade mark application. This is regarding “Always Was, Always Will Be” in class 25 (clothing, footwear, etc.) (TM Application). This can be found here. Clothing the Gaps is an Aboriginal social enterprise … Read more
By Maddison Reznik, Lawyer and Trade Mark Attorney It is a commercial reality that businesses want to improve efficiencies whilst retaining the best quality output. For some businesses, this means investing in artificially intelligent technology (“AI”). However, questions arise as to whether businesses will be giving up some benefits when recruiting AI to do their … Read more
Designs Amendments (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Bill 2020 passed by Parliament. On 30 August 2021, the Federal Parliament passed the Designs Amendments (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Bill 2020 (Cth) (“the Bill”). This sets out a number of amendments to the Designs Act 2003 (Cth) (“the Act”). Other than various technical changes, the Bill will most … Read more
For the third consecutive year, we are delighted to announce that Francis Abourizk Lightowlers (FAL Lawyers) founding partner, Jenni Lightowlers, has been recognised for Excellence in Client Service in the Health and Life Sciences category at the 2017 International Law Office (ILO) and Lexology Client Choice Awards. She is once again the only lawyer in … Read more
