Australian trade mark regulations require holders of Madrid Protocol applications designating Australia to record an address for service in Australia or New Zealand after protection is granted. In the absence of any penalties for non-compliance, many rights holders leave Australian designations registered without a local address for service. Foreign attorneys managing Australian trade mark rights…
Moral rights are the little-known cousin to copyright – often forgotten about in dealing with transfers or licenses of copyright, or misunderstood in terms of the rights they provide to copyright authors. Spoiler alert – these are robust personal rights for copyright authors which should be addressed in any agreements that transfer or licence copyright. …
An IP holding company is a non-trading entity that holds the intellectual property rights used by the operating company of a business. The key benefit of holding IP assets in this way is to protect those assets from being sold to pay the debts and liabilities of the operating company if it is liquidated. While…
We’ve seen an uptick in business owners filing their own trade mark applications in Australia. DIY can be tempting – why pay a trade mark professional to handle the application process if you can file yourself via IP Australia? We might come across a tad biased in saying “don’t DIY your trade marks”, but it…
You’ve been lucky enough to secure your preferred company name, business name and domain name, and with that you’re ready to launch your business. All too often, we see start-up businesses failing to register a trade mark at the same time, but it’s just as important to secure. Why? Let’s start with the basics first….