12 May 2023FeaturesJurisdiction reportsNaomi Pearce, Eliza Jane Saunders and Chris Vindurampulle
Australia: Beware the shifting sands of term extensions
There is no limit to the number of PTEs a pharmaceutical patentee can obtain in Australia. It increasingly common for there to be five to ten (or more) patents extended per medicine.
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