Patentability in Australia: part 2

Concluding a two-part series, Sudhanshu Ayyagari compares IP Australia’sapproach to software patentability with other major jurisdictions

Sudhanshu Ayyagari, Dentons

This article is the second of a two-part series on patentingsoftware-based inventions in Australia. Previously, in the first part ofthis series, ¹ we explored some of the key software-related patentjudgments in Australia, which also included a discussion on the origins ofuncertainty, and the current approach followed by IP Australia in relation tothe patentability of claims that target software implementations.