Tag: intellectual property

WA’s new IP policy targets public sector commercialisation

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Western Australian state government has launched a new intellectual property policy to facilitate the commercialisation of public sector innovation. Commercialisation of state-owned IP may take place when there...

Australian IP firms hit by cyber breach

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s largest group of intellectual property services firms, some of which have previously worked with the federal government, have had their systems breached in a cybersecurity incident. IPH –...

Govt to standardise university commercialisation contracts

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government intends to standardise intellectual property rights contracts between universities and businesses under a mandatory scheme for all federally funded research projects that engage in commercialisation. The...

Industry minister doing the ‘bare minimum’: Husic

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Opposition has accused Industry minister Christian Porter of neglecting his portfolio and doing the “bare minimum” after he failed to speak on two pieces of legislation in his...

If you want a patent, it helps to be human

Posted on   |  by Stuart Corner
Earlier this year IP Australia rejected a patent application from Dabus. The problem: Dabus is not human, it is artificial artificial intelligence software that had come up with something...

R&D tax: Focus on keeping our IP in Aus

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s planned changes to the research and development tax incentive are “unsalvageable”, and more is needed to be done instead to ensure that IP developed in Australia remains...

Review launched into patents system for SMEs

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A review has been launched into the accessibility of Australia’s patent system for SMEs following the controversial scrapping of the innovation patents scheme. Led by former Professional Standards Board...

Court ruling adds to IP uncertainty

Posted on   |  by Andrew Colley
Tech innovators will continue to face legal uncertainty when claiming intellectual property rights over their endeavors after the Federal Court handed down a long-awaited ruling concerning the patentability computer-implemented...