In Australia, inventors seeking patent protection must ensure their inventions are novel and have not been previously disclosed or commercially exploited. However, the concept of secret use can complicate this path to patentability. Under the Patents Act 1990 (Cth), secret use of an invention before filing a patent application may invalidate the...

  The UK official left Europe on 31 January 2020. However, the UK remained within Europeans legal framework for a transitional period that ended 31 December 2020. In other words, Brexit is now in force. While this has a lot of political, tax and economical consequences, Brexit also has an impact on IP rights. We will now...