Patent law and commercialisation

  • What is the proposed “patent box” tax incentive?

    What is the proposed “patent box” tax incentive?

    The Federal Government has announced a ‘patent box’ tax regime to boost Australian biotech and medtech innovators with a $206 million corporate tax cut. Learn more about the scope, qualifications and prerequisites for patenting an invention.

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  • Ownership of employee inventions – disputing ownership of patents

    Ownership of employee inventions – disputing ownership of patents

    Section 35(6) of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) establishes a general rule that an employer will own the copyright in many types of works if they were created by an employee or apprentice, in the course of their employment. Unfortunately, there is no such legislative equivalent in the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) (Act). The absence…

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