【終了致しました】第186回 RYUKA外国法セミナー（Web）

• ● 独自の進歩性主張
• ● ソフトウエア発明の特許性
  ◇ さまざまなアプローチの概要、
  ◇ 最近の特許庁の決定
  　　IsoLynx, LLC
  　　Motorola Solutions, Inc.
  　　Communications Corporation Ltd
  ◇ 明細書を起草する際の推奨事項
• ● 特許出願の主体要件とよくある間違い
• ● 審査請求期限
• ● 請求項加算費用
• ● 庁費用の減免と、庁費用の変更案
• ● 審査中の期限
• ● 審査官面接
• ● 審査を迅速化するオプション
• ● 分割出願審査に関する考慮事項
• ● 意匠制度の変更案

The presentation is designed for attorneys and clients who already manage Australian or New Zealand patent and registered design applications and would like to increase their understanding of the Australasian patent and design systems. The presentation will cover a wide range of topics intended to help increase your issue-awareness when instructing local agents.

Each section will summarise key updates and conclude with suggested strategy considerations that result from them.
The key topics to be covered will include:

• ● A review of key patent prosecution processes in both Australia and New Zealand, including:
  ◇ Details of entitlement requirements and common mistakes to avoid,
  ◇ Examination request deadlines,
  ◇ Timing and deadlines in examination, and
  ◇ Examiner interview options,
• ● The availability of reduced-fee statuses,
• ● Options for accelerating examination,
• ● Updates on patent office examination wait times,
• ● Excess claims rules & potential changes,
• ● Updated considerations for divisional application examination in Australia,
• ● Proposed changes to official fees in Australia,
• ● Australia-unique inventive step arguments,
  ● An update on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in Australia and New Zealand, including:
  ◇ A summary of the different approaches in Australia and New Zealand,
  ◇ A review of the recent New Zealand patent office decision on computer implemented invention patentability (IsoLynx, LLC [2022] NZIPOPAT 16),
  ◇ A review of recent Australian case law including Motorola Solutions, Inc. v Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd (Liability) [2022] FCA 1585, and
  ◇ Practice recommendations when drafting computer implemented inventions for Australia or New Zealand,
• ● Reminders of other important drafting practices to be aware of, and
• ● A summary of proposed changes to the Australian designs regime.

　
Throughout the presentation we will cover important issues to be aware of when instructing your local agents and considering how to best exercise your IP rights in Australia and New Zealand.