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Updates from BOSH IP
IP Australia’s Changes to Patent Excess Claims (and other patent fee changes)
On 1 October 2024 IP Australia introduces a new process for calculating an excess claims fee. In overview: The new process applies to all applications with...
Important changes to Australian design legislation
There are important changes to the Australian design registration system that will commence on 10 March 2022. Other important changes that have already...
Innovation Patents : The Final Curtain
The Australian Government is phasing out the innovation patent. Wednesday 25 August 2021 marks the beginning of the end of the innovation patent. Why? In 2001...
Patent Box
The Australian Federal Government announced on 11 May 2021 a tax-based incentive scheme called “patent box”. The scheme allows Australian companies who...
Need more time to make better decisions on design protection?
The framework for design protection in Australia is reasonably unforgiving on businesses because, currently, rights are lost if a design is published before a...
Beginning of the End for Australia’s Innovation Patent
The fate of Australia’s innovation patent has now been confirmed. Last month, the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part...
World Intellectual Property Day
Happy World IP Day! In case we needed an excuse, World IP Day gives us a chance to remind all our clients and friends of the importance of IP to your...
Reference Views, Repeating Patterns and Common Designs: Insights into Australian Design Registrations
Our previous blogs have looked at the assessment of multiple embodiments that are typically identified by portions of solid lines and dashed lines (or broken...
Is your business ‘investor-ready’? How to own the IP conversation during due diligence
If you are planning to take your business through commercial transaction, whether investment or M&A, get ready to be scrutinised. For a target business,...