Tag:innovation
Cost benefits for Australian innovators seeking patent protection in China
Closer cooperation between the IP offices of Australia and China will lead to cost benefits for Australian innovators seeking patent protection in both countries. IP Australia signed a Memorandum of Understanding for continuing cooperation with the State Intellectual Property Office of China on 25 February 2013 potentially make it more ...
Innovation Drives Social and Economic Prosperity
Applying a broad definition of ‘innovation’, new products, processes and services, new uses of known products, processes, services, clever business models and smart business practices can all be innovative. In the ever expanding globalisation of trade, commerce, information/knowledge transfer and freer movement of people, it is no longer enough to ...
‘Raising the Step’; a step backwards?
The Innovation Patent is a ‘second tier’ patent established to promote innovation in Australia. It has some similarities to the ‘utility model’ regime widely adopted in various forms elsewhere. IP Australia has released a controversial consultation paper titled “Innovation Patents-Raising the Step” in which it argues that the Patents Act ...
Steve Jobs Exhibition in Geneva celebrates World IP Day 2012
In 1970, April 26th was the day that WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) was founded. This is why we now celebrate World IP Day every year on this date. This year’s theme is Visionary Innovators. The Director General of WIPO, Australian Francis Gurry, wrote ‘World Intellectual Property Day is an ...
