Tag: patents

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...

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 –...

Can a patent be granted to a machine?

Posted on   |  by Dr Mark Summerfield
There is a case quietly making its way through the Federal Court of Australia that could have profound implications for our conception of what it means to be an...

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...

Govt to step in on patent problems

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Crown use of patents will be invoked by the federal government where it is necessary to allow local manufacturers to rapidly ramp up the production of essential medical equipment,...

Scrapping patents is a ‘death blow’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The scrapping of a fast-tracked patent scheme would be a “death blow for SME innovation” and the federal government’s justifications for the move are “absolute nonsense”, according to Australia’s...

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...