Patent Attorney Directory
The Patent Attorney Directory provides a detailed guide to registered patent attorney firms throughout Australia, including Sydney , Melbourne and Brisbane.

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Intellectual Property Scorecard 2002-2006
The IP Scorecard uses data obtained from IP Australia, the US Patent and Trademark Office, and the European Patent Office, and reconciled to allow international comparisons to be made. [more]
Scrabulous Makers Sued by Hasbro
Trouble could loom for a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook. [more]
Ted Baker Goes after Local Designers
Jag, Witchery and Target have been forced to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars to UK fashion house Ted Baker which took legal action over copyright infringements. [more]
Public Inquiry: What subject matter should be patentable?
The Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) seeks expressions of interest from individuals and organisations to take part in a review of patentable subject matter. [more]
AusPat - Australia's New Patent Search System
AusPat, the new search system for Australian patents, is now in production and is the Australian Patent Office's official source of online data. [more]
Business Method Patents in Australia - Davies Collison Cave
The Australian Full Federal Court has recently clarified the extent to which business methods can be patented in Australia. A business method will be patentable provided it involves a physical effect in the sense of a concrete effect or phenomenon or manifestation... [more]
eBay Case Makes a Breakfast of Tiffany
Online auction website eBay has big legal victory over the jeweller, Tiffany, on the issue of policing of trademarks. [more]
Industry Development Centre (Hunter) Ltd (IDC)
The IDC has a range of services to help new inventors and innovative small business navigate their way through the commercialisation process.
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