- Home
- Introduction
- 1. Design rights
- 1.1. Design rights: overview
- 1.2. What a design right protects
- 1.3. Why protect a design?
- 1.4. How designs are protected in Australia?
- 2. Application for registration
- 2.1. Application for registration: overview
- 2.2. Registration process
- 2.3. Submitting an application
- 2.4. Minimum filing requirements
- 2.5. Who is entitled to be a registered owner?
- 2.6. Types of applications (s 22)
- 2.7. Request for registration
- 2.8. Further designs
- 3. Fees
- 3.1. Fees: overview
- 3.2. Application fees
- 3.3. Renewal fees
- 3.4. Examination fees
- 3.5. Hearing fees
- 3.6. Fees for extensions of time
- 3.7. Refunds
- Production test Designs
- 4. Formalities assessment
- 4.1. Formalities assessment: overview
- 4.2. The ‘Formalities check’ and ‘Formal requirements’
- 4.3. Formalities notices
- 5. Applicant details
- 5.1. Applicant name: overview
- 5.1.1. Is the applicant a person?
- 5.1.2. Individual (Australian and overseas, including joint owners)
- 5.1.3. Australian company (Pty Ltd, Ltd)
- 5.1.4. Strata company, owners corporation, body corporate etc
- 5.1.5. Government entity
- 5.1.6. Incorporated association
- 5.1.7. Overseas entity (AG, S.r.L etc)
- 5.1.8. Several applicant names, multiple designs
- 5.1.9. Joint owner names with ABN
- 5.1.10. Partnership
- 5.1.11. Trust/trustee
- 5.1.12. Business names and 'trading as'
- 5.1.13. Applicant name and design owner
- 5.2. Applicant address
- 6. Representations
- 6.1. Representations: overview
- 6.2. General requirements
- 6.3. Formal compliance
- 6.4. Product
- 6.5. Consistency
- 6.6. Text
- 6.7. Common designs
- 6.8. Drawings
- 6.9. Photographs
- 6.10. Specimens or 3D models
- 6.11. Different views
- 6.12. Environmental views
- 6.13 Pairs and mirror images
- 7. Classification
- 7.1. Classification: overview
- 7.2. Classification systems
- 7.3. Finding the right class
- 7.4. Cases of doubt
- 7.5. More than one possible classification
- 7.6. Multiple products or designs
- 8. Examination and certification
- 8.1. Examination and certification: overview
- 8.2. Examination and certification processes
- 8.3. Requesting examination
- 8.4. Third party initiated examinations
- 8.5. Concurrent requests for examination
- 8.6. Expedited examination
- 8.7. Material provided by a third party
- 8.8. Relevant material that must be considered
- 8.9. Time frame for completion of examination and last-minute responses
- 8.10. Withdrawal of request for examination
- 8.11. Notice of intention to certify
- 8.12. Requests for examination after certification
- 8.13. Further examination reports
- 8.14. Revocation
- 8.15. Examination hearings
- 8.16. Examination on Registrar's initiative
- 9. Identifying the design
- 9.1. Identifying the design: overview
- 9.2. Overall appearance
- 9.3. Visual features
- 9.4. Variable visual features
- 9.5. What cannot be a visual feature
- 10. Product
- 10.1. Product: overview
- 10.2. Identifying the product
- 10.3. Things that are not products
- 10.4. Things that are not different products
- 10.5. Product name
- 10.6. Manufactured or handmade
- 10.7. Component part of a complex product
- 10.8. Assembled set or kit
- 10.9. Indefinite dimensions
- 10.10. Examples - things that are / are not products
- 11. Excluded designs
- 11.1. Excluded designs: overview
- 11.2. Priority date of excluded designs
- 11.3. Checking the priority status of an excluded design
- 11.4. Designs that cannot be excluded
- 11.5. Registration/publication requests
- 12. Section 43 refusal to register
- 12.1. Section 43 refusal to register: overview
- 12.2. Medals
- 12.3. Anzac
- 12.4. Currency
- 12.5. Scandalous content
- 12.6. Arms, flags, emblems etc.
- 12.7. Olympic symbols
- 12.8. Integrated circuits
- 13. Assessing newness and distinctiveness
- 13.1. Assessing newness and distinctiveness: overview
- 13.2. Product name and intended use
- 13.3. Identifying the product
- 13.4. Test for newness
- 13.5. Test for distinctiveness
- 13.6. Substantially similar in overall impression
- 13.7. How the design is displayed
- 13.8. Other visual features
- 13.9. Searching
- 14. Section 19 requirements for distinctiveness
- 14.1. Section 19 requirements for distinctiveness: overview
- 14.2. Similarities and differences
- 14.3. State of development of the prior art base
- 14.4. Statement of newness and distinctiveness
- 14.5. Amount, quality and importance
- 14.6. Freedom of the creator of the design to innovate
- 14.7. Familiar person / Informed user
- 15. Statement of newness and distinctiveness
- 15.1. Statement of newness and distinctiveness: overview
- 15.2. Formalities assessment of the SoND
- 15.3. Amendments to the SoND
- 15.4. Using the SoND to assess distinctiveness
- 16. Standard of the familiar person / informed user
- 16.1. Standard of the familiar person / informed user: overview
- 16.2. Identifying the familiar person / informed user
- 16.3. Declarations about the familiar person / informed user
- 16.4. Familiarity with the product
- 16.5. References to European and UK decisions
- 16.6. Familiar person’s / informed user’s knowledge base versus prior art base
- 17. Prior art base
- 17.1. Prior art base: overview
- 17.2 Publicly used in Australia
- 17.3. Published in a document within or outside of Australia
- 17.4. Trade marks and patents as citations
- 17.5. Establishing the publication date
- 17.6. Designs disclosed in applications
- 18. Prior publication or use exceptions
- 18.1. Prior publication or use exceptions: overview
- 18.2. Exhibitions
- 18.3. Unauthorised disclosures
- 18.4. Disclosure to government
- 18.5. Copyright
- 18.6. Grace Period
- Annex A - An example of a grace period declaration
- 19. Priority date
- 19.1. Priority date: overview
- 19.2. Convention application
- 19.3. Multiple bases for priority
- 19.4. Plural designs
- 19.5. When priority must be asserted
- 19.6. Excluded designs
- 19.7. Converted applications
- 19.8. Applications by an entitled person
- 20. Convention priority
- 20.1. Convention priority: overview
- 20.2. Convention countries
- 20.3. Time limit to claim convention priority
- 20.4. Assessing convention priority claims
- 20.5. Convention priority for excluded designs and applications that include more than one design
- 20.6. Basic application
- 20.7. Requesting the basic application
- 20.8. Relevance of the basic application to examination
- 21. Satisfied
- 21.1. Satisfied: overview
- 21.2. Meaning of ‘satisfied’
- 21.3. ‘Satisfied’ as to prior art base
- 21.4. Reasonable doubt, balance of probabilities and uncertainty
- 21.5. ‘Not satisfied’
- 22. Amendments
- 22.1. Amendments: overview
- 22.2. Amending an application
- 22.3. Amending a registration
- 22.4. Inclusion of matter not in substance disclosed
- 22.5. Increasing the scope of the design registration
- 22.6. Other types of amendments
- 23. Extensions of time
- 23.1. Extensions of time: overview
- 23.2. Legal principles
- 23.3. Error or omission by the Registrar
- 23.4. Error or omission by the customer
- 23.5. Circumstances beyond the customer’s control
- 23.6. Registrar’s discretion
- 23.7. Protection for third parties
- 23.8. Period of extension
- 23.9. Extensions process
- 23.10. Advertisement
- 23.11. Request from an unrecorded new owner
- 23.12. Extension of the convention priority period
- 24. Assignments (and other interests)
- 24.1. Assignments and other interests: overview
- 24.2. Recording changes of ownership
- 24.3. Possible complications
- 24.4. Bankruptcy and winding up
- 24.5. Registering other interests
- 25. Ownership disputes
- 25.1. Ownership disputes: overview
- 25.2. Disputes between joint applicants
- 25.3. Disputes where a non-applicant claims ownership
- 25.4. Disputes where some designs have been registered or published
- 25.5. Disputes about recording a change of ownership before registration
- 25.6. Typical situations where ownership disputes arise
- 25.7. Revocation after an ownership dispute
- 26. Production of documents under s 61(1)
- 26.1. Production of documents under s 61(1): overview
- 26.2. Powers of the courts
- 26.3. Powers of the Registrar
- 26.4. Precedent
- 26.5. Who access is granted to
- 26.6. Access in ownership disputes
- 26.7. Where inspection can take place
- 26.8. Right of lien
- 26.9. Draft undertaking for access
- 27. Publication and file access
- 27.1. Publication and file access: overview
- 27.2. Designs not publicly available
- 27.3. Legal exceptions
- 27.4. Freedom of information
- 27.5. Prohibition orders
- 28. Hearings
- 28.1. Hearings: overview
- 28.2. Filing evidence
- 28.3. Disputes over whether the design was new and distinctive at the priority date
- 28.4. Interface with court proceedings
- 29. Glossary
- 30. Citation index
- 31. Keyword index
- 32. Classification listings
- Class Heading Summary
- Class 01 Foodstuffs
- Class 02 Articles of clothing and haberdashery
- Class 03 Travel goods, cases, parasols and personal belongings not elsewhere specified
- Class 04 Brushware
- Class 05 Textile piecegoods, artificial and natural sheet material
- Class 06 Furnishing
- Class 07 Household goods not elsewhere specified
- Class 08 Tools and hardware
- Class 09 Packages and containers for the transport or handling of goods
- Class 10 Clocks and watches and other measuring instruments, checking and signalling instruments
- Class 11 Articles of adornment
- Class 12 Means of transport or hoisting
- Class 13 Equipment for production, distribution or transformation of energy
- Class 14 Recording, communication or information retrieval equipment
- Class 15 Machines not elsewhere specified
- Class 16 Photographic, cameras, cinematographic and optical apparatus
- Class 17 Musical instruments
- Class 18 Printing and office machinery
- Class 19 Stationery and office equipment, artists and teaching materials
- Class 20 Sales and advertising equipment, signs
- Class 21 Games, toys, tents and sporting goods
- Class 22 Arms, pyrotechnic articles, articles for hunting, fishing and pest killing
- Class 23 Fluid distribution equipment, sanitary, heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment, solid fuel
- Class 24 Medical and laboratory equipment
- Class 25 Building units and construction elements
- Class 26 Lighting apparatus
- Class 27 Tobacco and smokers supplies
- Class 28 Pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, toilet articles and apparatus
- Class 29 Devices and equipment against fire hazards, for accident prevention and rescue
- Class 30 Articles for the care and handling of animals
- Class 31 Machines and appliances for preparing food or drink, not elsewhere specified
- Class 32 Graphic symbols and logos, surface patterns, ornamentation
- 33. Designs (Formal Requirements for Designs Documents) Instrument 2022
Citation index
Date Published
| 2. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION | |
| Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited [2021] ADO 1 | |
| 4. FORMALITIES ASSESSMENT | |
| Keller v LED Technologies Pty Ltd [2010] FCAFC 55 | 4.1 |
| 8. EXAMINATION | |
| Hindi v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1988) 20 FCR 1 | |
| British Sky Broadcasting v Registrar of Trade Marks 58 IPR 216 | |
| 9. IDENTIFYING THE DESIGN | |
| Review No 2 v Redberry Enterprises [2008] FCA 1588 | |
| Firmagroup Australia Pty Ltd v Byrne & Davidson Doors (Vic) Pty Ltd (1987) 180 CLR 483 | |
| Reckitt Benckiser (UK) 76 IPR 781 | |
| Apple Inc [2017] ADO 6 | |
| 10. PRODUCT | |
| Microsoft Corporation [2008] ADO 2 | |
| Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited [2021] ADO 1 | |
| Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited [2021] ADO 1 | |
| 12. SECTION 43 REFUSAL TO REGISTER | |
| JIMMY DIOGUARDI [2013] ADO 5 | |
| Jabree Ltd v Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Corporation [2017] ATMO 156 | |
| 13. ASSESSING NEWNESS AND DISTINCTIVENESS | |
| Microsoft Corporation [2008] ADO 2 | |
| LED Technologies v Elecspess [2008] FCA 1941 | |
| Woodhouse UK v Architectural Lighting Systems [2006] RPC 1 | |
| Hunter Pacific International Pty Ltd v Martec Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 796 | |
| World of Technologies (Aust) Pty Ltd v Tempo (Aust) Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 114 | |
| Bitzer Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH [2015] ADO 1 | |
| Gramophone Company Limited v Magazine Holder Company (1910) 27 RPC 152 | |
| Ferrero’s Design [1978] RPC 473 | |
| LED Technologies v Elecspess [2008] FCA 1941 | |
| Reckitt Benckiser Inc [2008] ADO 1 | |
| Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Ltd [2008] ADO 6 | |
| Review No 2 v Redberry Enterprises [2008] FCA 1588 | |
| 14. SECTION 19 REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTINCTIVENESS | |
| Manitowoc Foodservice Companies LLC [2013] ADO 2 | |
| Astra Zeneca AB [2007] ADO 4 | |
| Icon Plastics Pty Ltd [2007] ADO 2 | |
| Bitzer Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH [2015] ADO 1 | |
| Sportservice Pty Ltd [2007] ADO 6 | |
| World of Technologies v Tempo [2007] FCA 114 | |
| Hunter Pacific International Pty Ltd v Martec Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 796 | |
| Bitzer Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH [2015] ADO 1 | |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company [2011] ADO 1 | |
| White Motor Corporation (Australia) Pty Ltd v McConnell Seats Australia Pty Ltd [2018] ADO 1 | |
| Manitowoc Foodservice Companies LLC [2012] ADO 3 | |
| 15. STATEMENT OF NEWNESS AND DISTINCTIVENESS | |
| Reckitt Benckiser Inc [2008] ADO 1 | |
| 16. STANDARD OF THE INFORMED USER | |
| Multisteps Pty Ltd v Source & Sell Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 743 | 16.1 |
| Ferrari S.P.A v Dansk Supermarket A/S R0084/2007-2, 25 January 2008 | |
| Mars UK Limited v Paragon Products BV, R1391/2006-3, 25 January 2008 | |
| Apple Computer Inc [2007] ADO 5 | |
| LED Technologies v Elecspess [2008] FCA 1941 | |
| Review No 2 v Redberry Enterprises [2008] FCA 1588 | |
| Woodhouse UK v Architectural Lighting Systems [2006] RPC 1 | |
| Proctor & Gamble v Reckitt Benckiser (UK) [2008] FSR 8 | |
| Multisteps Pty Ltd v Source & Sell Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 743 | |
| LED Technologies v Elecspess [2008] FCA 1941 | |
| Apple Computer Inc [2007] ADO 5 | |
| Reckitt Benckiser Inc [2008] ADO 1 | |
| 17. PRIOR ART BASE | |
| LED Technologies v Elecspess [2008] FCA 1941 | |
| Coco v AN Clark (Engineers) Ltd (1968) 1A IPR 586 | |
| Key Logic Pty Ltd v Sun-Wizard Holding Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 208 | |
| Key Logic Pty Ltd (2017) ADO 8 | |
| Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Pochi [1980] 31 ALR 666 | |
| E. & J. Gallo Winery v Lion Nathan Australia Pty Limited [2008] FCA 934 | |
| Pinnacle Runway Pty Ltd v Triangl Limited [2019] FCA 1662 | |
| 18. PRIOR PUBLICATION OR USE EXCEPTION | |
| Chiropedic Bedding Pty Ltd v Radburg Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1869 | |
| Chiropedic Bedding Pty Ltd v Radburg Pty Ltd [2008] FCAFC 142 | |
| Allen Hardware Products v Tclip [2008] ADO 8 | |
| Stack v Brisbane City Council 32 IPR 69 | |
| Icon Plastics Pty Ltd [2007] ADO 2 | |
| Artisent, LLC [2017] ADO 3 | |
| State of Escape Accessories Pty Limited v Schwartz [2020] FCA 160 | |
| Burge v Swarbrick [2007] HCA 17 | |
| Water Recreations v Fairmile [1982] 42 ALR 273 | |
| Grundt v Great Boulder Pty Gold Mines Ltd [1937] 59 CLR 641 | |
| 21. SATISFIED | |
| Sportservice Pty Ltd [2007] ADO 6 | 21.4 |
| 22. AMENDMENTS | |
| A.B. Volvo's Application (1983) 1 IPR 554 | |
| AMP Incorporated v Commissioner of Patents (1974) AOJP 3224 | |
| Chris Ford Enterprises Pty Ltd v. B. H. & J. R. Badenhop Pty Ltd (1985) 4 IPR 485 | |
| Ethyl Corporation's Patent (1972) RPC 169 | |
| The Distillers Co Ltd’s Application (1953) 70 RPC 221 | 22.5 |
| Invacare Corporation [2013] ADO 4 | |
| 23. EXTENSIONS OF TIME | |
| Sanyo Electric Co Ltd and the Commissioner of Patents (1996) 36 IPR 470 | |
| Chalk v Commissioner for Superannuation (1994) 50 FCR 150 | |
| Scaniainventor v Commissioner of Patents (1981) 36 ALR 101 | |
| Danby Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents and Another (1988) 12 IPR 151 | |
| Norman Stibbard v The Commissioner of Patents (1986) 7 IPR 337 | |
| G S Technology Pty Limited and Commissioner of Patents and Anor [2004] AATA 1391 | |
| Total Peripherals Pty Ltd v IBM & Commissioner of Patents (1998) AATA 784 | |
| Kimberly-Clark Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (No 3) (1988) 13 IPR 569 | |
| G S Technology Pty Limited v Commissioner of Patents (2004) 63 IPR 9 | |
| Re Sanyo Electric Co Ltd and the Commissioner of Patents (1996) 36 IPR 470 | |
| R Thomas & A Garnham v Jeijing Pty Ltd (1994) 29 IPR 441 | |
| Jiejing Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents & Ors (1995) AIPC 91-144 | |
| Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Wissenschaften E.V. and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc v Amgen, Inc [1997] APO 69 | |
| Jiejing Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents & Ors (1995) AIPC 91-144 | |
| R Thomas & A Garnham v Jeijing Pty Ltd (1994) 29 IPR 441 | |
| Kmart Australia Limited [2011] ADO 2 | |
| Jiejing Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents and Ron Thomas and Allan Garnham (1995) AIPC 91-144 | |
| Vrubel v Upham (1996) 36 IPR 220 | |
| Reilly v Commissioner of Patents (1996) 36 IPR 314 | |
| Board of Control of Michigan Technological University v Deputy Commissioner (High Court appeal) (1982) AIPC 90-005 | |
| Rohrmoster v Registrar of Trade Marks (1987) 7 IPR 551 | |
| Abbott & Lamb Pty Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks (1991) AIPC 90-806 | |
| Jiejing Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents and Ron Thomas and Allan Garnham (1995) AIPC 91-144 | |
| Solar Mesh Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (1995) AIPC 91-138 | |
| Sanyo Electric Co Ltd and the Commissioner of Patents (1996) 36 IPR 470 | |
| Kimberly-Clark Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (No 3) (1988) 13 IPR 569 | |
| G S Technology Pty Limited v Commissioner of Patents (2004) 63 IPR 9 | |
| Sanyo v Commissioner of Patents (1996) 36 IPR 470 | |
| Ferocem Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (1994) 28 IPR 243 | |
| A Goninan & Co Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (1997) 38 IPR 213 | |
| New Clear Water Pty Ltd v Atlantis Corporation Pty Ltd [2001] APO 48 | |
| Chalk v Commissioner for Superannuation (1994) 50 FCR 150 | |
| Comcare v A’Hearn (1993) 119 ALR 85 | |
| New Horticulture Pty Ltd v Enviro Pak Pty Ltd [2016] ADO 2 | |
| Pacrim Trading Co Pty Ltd v Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd [2007] ADO 3 | |
| Harrison v Theo [1998] ADO 2 | |
| HRC Project Design Pty Ltd v Orford Pty Ltd [1997] APO 12; 38 IPR 121 | |
| G & J Koutsoukos Holdings Pty Ltd v Capral Aluminium Limited [2003] APO 28 | |
| International Business Machines Corporation v Total Peripherals [2002] APO 44 | |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp v Proctor & Gamble Co. (1992) AIPC 90-869 | 23.10 |
| The University of Newcastle Research Associates Limited [2001] APO 64 | |
| Reilly v Commissioner of Patents (1996) 36 IPR 314 | |
| 24. ASSIGNMENTS AND OTHER INTERESTS | |
| George Stack v State of Queensland [1996] 739 FCA 1 | |
| Westpac Banking Corp v Dawson (1990) 8 ACLC 681 | |
| Reilly v Commissioner of Patents (1996) 36 IPR 314 | 24.4 |
| 25. OWNERSHIP DISPUTES | |
| Application by O’Neill and St George 30 IPR 637 | |
| Application by Willems, Fritz, et al 21 IPR 569 | |
| Stephenson v Donner 24 IPR 108 (1992) AIPC 90-888 | |
| Carroll v Harper 1 IPR 537 | |
| Tribe v Ranken 1 IPR 561 | |
| Milward-Bason and Burgess (1988) AIPC 90-475 | |
| Allen Hardware Products Pty Ltd v Tclip Pty Ltd [2008] ADO 7 | 25.4 |
| Metroll Queensland Pty Ltd v Mark Nicholas Collymore, Courier Pete Pty Ltd [2008] ADO 9 | |
| Craige Jonathan Henrick v Richard Eaton Taplin and Craige Jonathan Henrick [2009] ADO 1 | |
| Extreme Kayaks & Watersports Pty Ltd v Viking Kayak International Pty Ltd [2010] ADO 1 | |
| Australian Fitness Supplies Pty Ltd v Rasheed Rane [2013] ADO 6 | |
| John Michael Jarvie v Comtec Industries Pty Ltd [2018] ADO 5 | |
| Manuel Canestrini v Ilan El [2020] ADO 2 | |
| Somnomed Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2006] FCA 765 | |
| Metroll Queensland Pty Ltd v Mark Nicholas Collymore, Courier Pete Pty Ltd [2008] ADO 9 | |
| Spencer Industries v Collins [2003] FCA 542, 58 IPR 425 | |
| Pancreas Technologies Pty Ltd v The State of Queensland acting through Queensland Health [2005] APO 1 | |
| Eddie Kwan, John Pierre Le Sands and Paul N Van Draanen v The Queensland Corrective Services Commission and The Queensland Spastic Welfare League [1994] APO 53; (1994) AIPC 91-113; 31 IPR 25 | |
| Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation et al [1995] APO 16; 31 IPR 67; (1995) AIPC 91-171 | |
| Allen Hardware Products Pty Ltd v Tclip Pty Ltd [2008] ADO 8 | |
| John Michael Jarvie v Comtec Industries Pty Ltd [2018] ADO 5 | |
| Manuel Canestrini v Ilan El [2020] ADO 2 | |
| Somnomed Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2006] FCA 765 | |
| Airsense Technology Ltd v Vision Systems Ltd 62 IPR 409; 62 IPR 413 | |
| Glass Block Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Armourglass Australia Pty Ltd [2005] ADO 1 | |
| George Stack v Davies Shephard Pty Ltd and GSA Industries (Aust) Pty Ltd [1996] APO 1; (1996) AIPC 91-241; 34 IPR 117 | |
| Costa v G R and I E Daking Pty Ltd (1994) 29 IPR 241 | |
| Allen Hardware Products Pty Ltd v Tclip Pty Ltd [2008] ADO 8 | |
| 26. PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS UNDER S 61(1) | |
| Secton and Vortoil v Delawood and Ors (Supreme Court of Victoria, unpublished) | |
| Magee v Farrell (1986) AIPC 90-296 | |
| Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften EV & anor v Amgen Inc (1998) AIPC 91-434 | |
| Davies v Eli Lilly & Co (1987) 1 All ER 801 | |
| Dennis Gravolin and Trailer Vision Pty Ltd v Locmac Holdings Pty Ltd as trustee for Locmac Trust [2007] ADO 7 | |
| Brisalebe v Searle 30 IPR 91, (1994) AIPC 91-088 | |
| Davies v Eli Lilly & Co. (1987) 1 All ER 801 | |
| Magee v Farrell (1986) AIPC 90-296 | |
| Secton and Vortoil v Delawood and others (Supreme Court of Victoria, unpublished) | |
| Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften EV & anor v Amgen Inc (1998) AIPC 91-434 | |
| 28. HEARINGS | |
| Data dot v Alpha MicroTech (2004) 59 IPR 402 | |
| Cadbury UK Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks [2008] FCA 1126 | |
Amended Reasons
| Amended Reason | Date Amended |
|---|---|
Designs Manual Review 2024. No changes |
|
Keller v LED inclusion that is now in 4.1. |
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2021 ADO 1 addition. |