Tag: IP Australia

AI, clean tech drive increase in Australian patent filings

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Domestic filings for intellectual property increased across the board last year, approaching record levels in some areas in an encouraging sign for Australian innovation. But total patent filings, which...

IP Australia pays Deloitte $1.4m to dump govCMS

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
IP Australia is abandoning the government’s own website content management system in favour of a private provider and will pay global consultancy Deloitte $1.4 million to deliver it over...

AI recognised as inventor in landmark case

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An Australian Court has ruled that a machine can be named as the inventor of a patent. The world-first decision answers a key legal question being tested in several...

Gov’t to abolish innovation patents

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government’s plan to abolish the innovation patent system shows a “disturbing lack of understanding” of the business world and may stifle innovation, according to Centre Alliance senator...

Govt to abolish innovation patents

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s plan to abolish the innovation patent system shows a “disturbing lack of understanding” of the business world and may stifle innovation, according to Centre Alliance senator...

A shocking punt on patent filings

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s number one generator of intellectual property by patent applications in 2017 was poker machine king Aristocrat Technologies. The gambling technology outfit’s quest to find fresh ways to relieve...