Recent Developments in Australian & US Patent Law & their Impact ...
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Ausbiotech 2012 – <strong>Australian</strong> and <strong>US</strong> <strong>Patent</strong> <strong>Law</strong> 1 November 2012 16<br />
Current legislation – <strong>Patent</strong> eligibility<br />
<strong>Patent</strong> Eligibility <strong>in</strong> Australia<br />
• Section 18 of the <strong>Patent</strong>s Act 1990 (Cth)<br />
• An <strong>in</strong>vention is patent eligible if it is a manner of manufacture with<strong>in</strong> the<br />
mean<strong>in</strong>g of section 6 of the Statute of Monopolies 1623<br />
Statute of Monopolies<br />
• Provides that patents are only available for manners of new manufacture<br />
that are ‘not contrary to law nor mischievous to the state by rais<strong>in</strong>g prices of<br />
commodities at home or hurt of trade or generally <strong>in</strong>convenient’
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