Legal Articles: Trademark, Patent, Industrial Design, Copyright, IPR in Australia
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Trademark registration dossier in Australia
Jun
Trademark registration dossier in Australia. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. Australia is a wealthy country with a market economy, a high GDP per capita, and a relatively low rate of poverty. According, many businesses want […]
Registration of industrial designs in Australia
Mar
Registration of industrial designs in Australia – Any company that owns an industrial design and intends to expand its business in the Australian market should use the Australian intellectual property system. It is paramount for businesses to file an industrial design application in Australia for industrial designs, even if the launch of the respective product […]
Legal notes to copyright registration in Australia
Sep
Copyright registration in Australia. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. Australia is a highly developed country with a high-income economy; it has the world’s twelfth-largest economy, tenth-highest per capita income, and eighth-highest Human Development Index. Australia […]
The Australian Intellectual Property Report 2022 published by IP Australia
May
The tenth edition of IP Australia’s ‘Australian Intellectual Property Report’1 (the Report) has recently been released, and it makes for interesting reading for those interested in the number of filings in the various categories of intellectual property (IP) that IP Australia oversees. The purpose of the report is to raise awareness of IP rights and […]
Legal notes to patent registration in Australia
Jan
Patent registration in Australia. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. Australia is a highly developed country with a high-income economy; it has the world’s twelfth-largest economy, tenth-highest per capita income, and eighth-highest Human Development Index. Australia […]
Australia expressed its support over a TRIPS waiver for Covid-19 vaccines
Oct
After nearly 2 years since the Covid-19 outbreak and nearly 1 year since the first country proposes to waive Intellectual property rights for medical products and technologies that fight the Covid-19 virus, Australia has finally expressed its support over the TRIPS waiver for Covid-19 vaccines. In September 2021, Trade Minister Dan Tehan has confirmed the […]
Guide to Intellectual Property in Australia
Aug
Intellectual property rights are protected in Australia by both federal statutes and common law. Australia is also a member of the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which establishes essential intellectual property protection and enforcement requirements. Copyright All original literary works, theatrical works, musical works, creative works, sound recordings, […]
Australian court rules that an artificial intelligence system can be considered an inventor under patent law
Aug
In the life sciences industry, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are gradually being utilized for research and drug discovery, including: finding molecular targets (i.e. molecular structures with which certain APIs interact); finding a “hit” or “lead” (e.g.Through automated high-throughput screening, a “hit” can be found, allowing for the identification of candidates for lead structures, […]
Trademark registration in Australia
May
Australia is a wealthy country with a market economy, a high GDP per capita, and a relatively low rate of poverty. Therefore, many businesses want to expand their activity in this market. However, the biggest difficulty for businesses when they want to register a trademark in Australia is the language barrier. That is, they need […]