PATENT LAWS AND LEGISLATION – AUSTRALIA

Law firms consider listing

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Original article by Luke Malpass
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 33 : 30-Jan-15

Shares in IPH Limited have peaked at $A3.80 since debuting on the Australian sharemarket at $A2.10 in November 2014. IPH is the holding company for law firm Spruson & Ferguson, and its success has prompted other intellectual property and patent law firms to consider IPOs. Graham Cowin, the managing partner of Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick, says the firm is looking at a range of options, while Griffith Hack chairman David Hughes says his firm has ruled out in IPO at this stage

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IPH LIMITED – ASX IPH, SPRUSON AND FERGUSON LAWYERS, PHILLIPS ORMONDE AND FITZPATRICK, GRIFFITH HACK LAWYERS PTY LTD, DAVIES COLLISON CAVE, MORNINGSTAR PTY LTD

Lawyers appeal to High Court to overturn ‘breast cancer gene’ ruling

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Original article by Eryk Bagshaw, Amy Corderoy
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 11 : 18-Sep-14

Law firm Maurice Blackburn will seek to appeal a Federal Court ruling which found that private companies can patent human genes. The case concerned Myriad Genetics’ application for a patent over the BRCA1 gene, which is associated with breast cancer. Maurice Blackburn will argue that the court erred in concluding that the process of identifying a gene constitutes a form of manufacturing

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MAURICE BLACKBURN PTY LTD, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA, MYRIAD GENETICS INCORPORATED, JONES DAY