News & Resources

I am attending the AIPPI World Congress in Cancun, Mexico, 23 to 26 September 2018, and would be very pleased to meet you there. If you are attending, kindly send us an email with times you may be available for a discussion. I look forward to meeting you soon in Cancun!    

Our very own Ben Mott presenting to an engaged audience yesterday!  A jam-packed session with presentations from Mal Clark,  AMTIL (The Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Limited), Dr. Kevin Thomson, CSIRO, Ron Mack AusIndustry, Georgia Davies-Jackson, Macpherson Kelley,   Adrian Crouch, Procept and Dr Rita Choueiri and Liz Smith both of William Buck.  Many thanks to William Buck for hosting the event and www.business.gov.au Business […]

Innovation into profit program A series of experts discuss the route from a new idea to a commercial return and the tools available to make it easier and improve the prospects of success. Topics covered include: Patents,  designs & trade marks – pros, cons & costs Confidentiality and Protecting your Trade Secrets How to maximise […]

I am attending the INTA Annual Meeting in Seattle, 19 to 23 May 2018, and would be very pleased to meet you there. If you are attending, kindly send us an email with times you may be available for a discussion. I am staying at the Sheraton Hotel, near the Washington State Convention Centre (WSCC) and can […]

In November 2017, we foreshadowed the demise of the Australian innovation patent in The end is nigh for innovation patents. That article was based on draft legislation including clauses for phasing out innovation patents from about July 2019. At the time, all signs pointed towards Parliament passing the legislation in 2018. Sentiment had been turning […]

We are again proudly supporting the City of Greater Dandenong’s ‘Take a Swing for Charity‘ golf day. The City of Greater Dandenong through its business networking unit SEBN (South East Business Networks), together with key corporate sponsors, holds an annual afternoon of golf followed by dinner and a charity auction to raise funds for local […]

The end is nigh for innovation patents – 30 November 2017 The Australian innovation patent is an 8 year patent for which there is no inventive step requirement. Routine technical developments can be validly covered (more). In August 2015 we published ‘The death knell for the Australian innovation patent?‘. Since then the anti-innovation-patent sentiment has […]