IP News to Peruse
In Commissioner of Patents v Thaler 2022 FCAFC 62 a full bench of the Full Court allowed the Commissioner’s appeal and held that an artificial intelligence system or machine cannot be named as an inventor for a patent.
Read moreThe Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has now released an exposure draft for the Plant Variety Rights Regulations 2022 along with associated material, including a fees discussion document.
Read moreOn 31st March 2022 IPONZ introduced a number of changes to its case management system.
Read moreIn Dyfan LLC v Target Corporation 21-1725 the Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed a District Court decision on the basis that it had wrongly found that the relevant claims were in means-plus-function format.
Read moreIn Rodin Cars Limited v Pirelli Tyre S.P.A. [2022] NZIPOTM 4 Pirelli’s sponsorships of various highly viewed events partially made up for its lack of New Zealand trade or consumer related evidence on confusion.
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