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THAILAND – 142nd Contracting State of the PCT
THAILAND – 142nd Contracting State of the PCT On 24 September 2009, Thailand acceded to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) to become the 142nd contracting state of this multilateral treaty. This means that from 24 December 2009, applicants will no longer need to file a separate convention filing in Thailand, but can instead file a [...]
Conficker Worm: Cyber Crime
Conficker Worm: Cyber Crime It is believed that the Conficker Worm virus has infected more than 5 million computers worldwide. It has been suggested that this particular virus could even disrupt and shut down the internet in entire countries like Australia. This virus has been around since roughly November 2008, and enters and spreads [...]
Having a patent attorney draft the specification for your patent application is more important that you might think.
Having a patent attorney draft the specification for your patent application is more important that you might think. After having started as a student intern at Baxter IP in 2007, I quickly realised that drafting a patent specification is more technical and nuanced than I had initially imagined. I had originally thought that surely an [...]
Accelerating the Green Machine
Accelerating the Green Machine The world has been attempting to find ways to become greener in recent decades, and this is now being reflected in a surge in the popularity of green patents. Patent offices throughout the world, including the Australian Patent Office (IP Australia), have begun to examine the role of patents in the [...]
Piracy of anti-piracy?
Piracy of anti-piracy? An Australian inventor, who was awarded the fifth highest patent jury awards in US history of $US388 million in April, is now set to receive nothing after a US Appeals Court judge decided to “vacate” the jury’s decision. Ric Richardson’s Singapore-based software company Uniloc sued Microsoft in 2003 for infringing its patent [...]
Google receives patent for its home page
As of the first September 2009, Google the search engine created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, received a patent for its home page design. This was issued by the US patent & Trademark office. The Google patent process started in 2004 and after more than five years, the home page has finally received its [...]
3 Keys To A Reputable Brand
Businesses and individuals worldwide will remember 2008 as a year of financial hardship, rising unemployment and uncertainty. In such times, businesses and consumers alike turned to the brands they trusted, the brands that portray confidence and deliver consistency. An article from Interbrand published in BusinessWeek discusses global branding and outlines the top 100 brands in 2008. In [...]
The Inventor Shop
Baxter IP recently joined forces with The Inventor Shop to provide its clients with yet another avenue to profit from their invention. Chris Baker, the founder of The Inventor Shop is equally passionate about helping Australian inventors and is an inventor himself. The Inventor Shop is an Australian first for inventors to showcase and sell their inventions. [...]
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