Jo Woodfield, Principal, Wrays Australia is in grip of a productivity crisis. Our focus deflected during the commodity boom (and quite spectacularly so) from what has been and still is, glaring lack-lustre performance. Fast becoming uncompetitive in global markets, Australia’s high labour costs continue to debilitate many of our sectors. GM Holden is case in point, faced with manufacturing vehicle …
Employer Branding Framework
Wrays model helps to guide and monitor Employer brand, EVP development, strategy, communications and ultimately optimisation. Essentially a strategic, inside-out process involving your team and deriving real value from developing and internalising the EVP. For more information on how this framework is executed, perhaps even some fresh thinking in relation to your existing Employer Branding email Jo Woodfield Principal Wrays or one of the team here. EMPLOYER BRAND FRAMEWORK
The High Court of Australia confirms that claims to methods of medical treatment are patentable in Australia
Authors: Gary Cox, Craig Humphris and Donna Meredith In the decision of Apotex Pty Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis Australia Pty Ltd [2013] HCA 50, the High Court of Australia, Australia’s supreme court, confirmed that methods of medical treatment are a “manner of manufacture” and therefore represent a patentable invention in Australia. Although Australia’s Patent Office (IP Australia) and the Australian …
iCeutica recieves US FDA approval
Wrays would like to congratulate its client, iCeutica, on its success receiving US FDA approval for the pain drug, ZORVOLEX™ (diclofenac), which uses iCeutica’s SoluMatrix Fine Particle Technology™. Read more here
Innovation critical to Australia’s competitiveness
Dr Gillian Kaggwa, Technical Assistant, Wrays Perth Peter Caporn, Principal, Wrays Perth Innovation plays a critical role in strengthening Australia’s economy and global competiveness, as identified in a recent overview of Australia’s economy by Michael Enright and Richard Petty titled Australia’s Competitiveness: From Lucky Country to Competitive Country.1 Innovation facilitates growth in productivity, market diversity, exports and employment and, as …
Resources sector missing out due to poor IP management
Albert Ferraloro, Principal Wrays Management and Strategic services A review of patent filing statistics for the petroleum sector (Thomson Reuters: 2012 State of Innovation Report) suggests many Australian resources companies are lagging behind their international counterparts when it comes to formally protecting their innovations. With the increasing realisation that IP assets can represent a significant proportion of the capital value of …
US Supreme Court rules isolated DNA lacks patent eligibility
On 13 June 2013, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics (“Myriad”) that: For the reasons that follow, we hold that a naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated, but that cDNA is patent eligible because it is not naturally occurring. …
Budget provides little good news for innovative companies
Press Release For immediate release The Federal Budget has brought little good news for innovative companies that are developing technologies and securing Intellectual Property Rights. The only new initiative outlined in the Budget is the allocation of a further $378.6 million dollars to the Venture Australia Program. Of this funding, $25.4 million will be handed to the Department of Industry, …
Sitting Pretty
Elanor Chapman, HR and Culture Specialist, Wrays Brand, Research and Culture services As experts in the brand and culture space, we are seemingly forever answering the question ‘so what is this organisational culture thing?’. With new ways to answer that question always on my mind (mainly so I don’t bore myself, more so I don’t bore my listener) a recent article on my …
An intellectual point of view: MiningNewsPremium.net
Publication Date: 20 February 2013 Page Number: Online Publication: MiningNewsPremium (www.miningnewspremium.net) Headline: An intellectual point of view AUSTRALIA’S mining suppliers may be missing out on millions because they are not taking care of their intellectual property. Supply Side by Noel Dyson At least that is the view of Wrays management and strategic services group head Albert Ferraloro. What if a …