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IP Australia have finalised their 15-month fee review process and announced changes to their official fees for designs, patents, plant breeders' rights and trade marks.
Last week, in an undefended trade mark infringement proceeding, the Federal Court of Australia made novel Orders.
The original purpose of intellectual property laws is to protect the rights of authors and inventors by the grant of limited term statutory monopolies. Two main rationales underpin these monopolies: (a) the need to reward creators for the time and ef...