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Patents

Should you keep your invention confidential after filing a patent application?

Should you keep your invention confidential after filing a patent application?

How safe is it to divulge any information about your invention or to even commercialise it as soon as a patent application has been filed?

Mike Biagio - Principal, Patent Attorney
  • Mike Biagio
  • 25 March 2021
What is the best way to start my patent journey?

What is the best way to start my patent journey?

What is the best first step in protecting your idea? Your path must be chosen carefully to match your business plan, capabilities and abilities.

Mike Biagio - Principal, Patent Attorney
  • Mike Biagio
  • 10 March 2021
Have you ever missed a date?

Have you ever missed a date?

While missing a patent date can be fatal for the owner and his rights, the latter can be restored by taking immediate action to extend the time.

Warren Chandler - Senior Associate, Patent & Trade Mark Attorney
  • Warren Chandler
  • 2 March 2021
Updated on streamlined extensions of time due to COVID-19

Updated on streamlined extensions of time due to COVID-19

IP Australia extends the deadline for requesting streamlined extensions until 31 March 2021 if your business has been affected by COVID-19.

Naleesha Niranjan - Associate, Patent & Trade Mark Attorney
  • Naleesha Niranjan
  • 16 February 2021
IP unlocks startup valuation – Part I

IP unlocks startup valuation – Part I

Chris Baxter shares how to use IP to unlock startup valuation at the pre-traction stage in the first Part of the series Why Investors Always Ask About [...]
Chris Baxter - Managing Director, Patent & Trade Mark Attorney
  • Chris Baxter
  • 19 November 2020
Circumventing the NZ divisional deadline: Primapak and Magic Leap

Circumventing the NZ divisional deadline: Primapak and Magic Leap

Two recent decisions of the IPONZ hearing office highlights how appealing to the Commissioner's broad discretion can reverse a missed deadline for div [...]
Naleesha Niranjan - Associate, Patent & Trade Mark Attorney
  • Naleesha Niranjan
  • 22 September 2020
Patentable subject matter – a skill game

Patentable subject matter – a skill game

Based on our investigation into the recent court and IP Australia decisions on patentability of four Aristocrat software innovation patents, we presen [...]
Dr Qi Zhang - Principal, Patent & Trade Mark Attorney
  • Dr Qi Zhang
  • 29 June 2020
Congratulations to our new Associates: Naleesha, Joanne and Isabelle!

Congratulations to our new Associates: Naleesha, Joanne and Isabelle!

Naleesha practices in patents & trade marks and specialises in the field of biomedical engineering. Joanne practices as a Trade Mark Attorney and prov [...]
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  • 17 June 2020
Meeting important patent deadlines in view of the Covid-19 outbreak

Meeting important patent deadlines in view of the Covid-19 outbreak

Stay informed about the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on patent services around the world. Our patent attorneys will advise you at this time of cris [...]
Naleesha Niranjan - Associate, Patent & Trade Mark Attorney
  • Naleesha Niranjan
  • 31 March 2020
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