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Despite being a market of only 26 million people, Australia possesses a world-class healthcare system and well regarded scientific community.

A recent decision of the US Federal Circuit court provides a timely example of the differences between Australian and American patent term extensions (PTE). 

TV writers in the US are responsible for producing scripts for some of TV’s best acclaimed programs; including in recent times, content for streaming services like Netflix, Stan and Amazon Prime.

A series of Federal Court decisions related to computer-implemented inventions had left the patent community with a lack of clarity as to how those decisions should be applied. 

The recent Federal Court decision in ViiV Healthcare Company v Gilead Sciences Pty Limited [2020] FCA 594 has provided greater clarity as to the function of position statements in patent...