Key points The Full Federal Court has upheld the lower court decision in the BRCA 1 and 2 gene patent cases, the 5 appeal judges holding unanimously that genetic materials in their isolated form (whether DNA (genomic or cDNA)...

The China Australia Free Trade Agreement will further open China as an attractive marketplace for business and investment, with greater access to China’s $10 trillion economy which currently has a growth rate of around 7.7% per ...

Following on from the celebritisation of chefs, the success of reality TV cooking competitions and the general preoccupation with what we privileged first world citizens are prepared to put in our mouths, high-end food has become ...

Whether during or outside the course of your normal business activities you have invented or are on the brink of inventing something - a process, machine, technology, method or system that may have commercial potential. The ...

As usual, the last year has seen its fair share of trade mark disputes involving fashion brands. Perhaps the highest profile case was Adidas AG v Pacific Brands Footwear Pty Ltd (No 3),1  in which the presiding judge had the unen...

Most business owners who have a website will have heard by now of the new general Top-Level Domain (gTLD) program being operated by the custodian of the internet, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ...