Post 3 in our Top 10 of 2020. The “exhaustion of rights” doctrine means that patent owners will no longer be able to use their patent to control the use of a patented product post-purchase. Will these see right of repair advocates happier, or will patentees instead hire out patented products to retain control of them?
Post 2 in our Top 10 of 2020. Amendments to the Designs Act will introduce more flexibility in the early life cycle of designs, including a 12 month grace period to apply for registration after publishing or using a design.
Post 1 in our Top 10 of 2020. Australia is set for new laws requiring digital platforms to remunerate news businesses for “making news available” on their platforms – which will include mere hyperlinking. This has been making headlines throughout 2020, and is legally novel by taking a non-copyright approach to the monetisation of content. Will the Digital Platforms Code of Conduct be legally enforceable?
David is an experienced intellectual property lawyer, but also with significant general legal experience accumulated over 20 years’ experience at international law firms. Based in Perth, Western Australia, he founded Stratocumulus Legal in May 2020.
