Alder IP receives International Recognition
06 June 2014
Alder IP is proud to announce that it was ranked within the IAM Patent 1000 Listings for 2014. Alder IP was listed as a recommended expert in the field of Australian patent specialists. Specifically, Anthony Alder was mentioned in relation to an independent review conducted by IAM Magazine. The full publication is available from : …
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30 May 2014
Trademarking a word, sign, logo or sign may seem like a relatively easy process. However, there are many traps and tricks which can lead to trade marks (TMs) applications being rejected by the Australian Trade Mark Office (IP Australia). Even worse, your business’s name, logo, or slogan may be infringing someone else’s rights and you …
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25 March 2014
Intellectual property is one of the most important assets to business or company. Often, this intellectual property owned by start-up companies usually includes patents. Whilst the value of patents is typically well understood by businesses, a lot of businesses have a tendency to misunderstand or mismanagement their patent portfolio and these mistakes can cost businesses …
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18 February 2014
The process of registering your trade mark in Australia starts with an application lodged with IP Australia. Care should be taken to make sure that your trade mark application meets the following basic criteria for registration: a) Distinctiveness – your trade mark must be distinctive in relation to the goods and services which you plan …
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10 January 2014
In 2003, the Designs Act in Australia was reworked to remedy some of the problems and issues with previous legislation. The previous legislation often found the design applications were always valid but never infringed. The 2003 legislation sought to fix this issue by rewriting the infringement test. In a recent decision, Multisteps Pty Ltd v …
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14 November 2013
Interesting to note where some trails of invention and innovation lead. Google’s Motorola Division has filed a patent for an electronic tattoo. I can only guess that they hope that it will work with Google Glass(TM) and Google Nexis(TM). The patent was published on 7 November 2013 and describes an invention wherein an electronic tattoo …
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03 October 2013
Alder IP recently gave a presentation at the Skillsapien Seminar Series at Fishburners in Sydney. Copies of the presentation have been uploaded to SlideShare. Click on the following link to check out the slides. http://www.slideshare.net/victorskillsapien/alder-ip-slides-from-2013729
International Trade Mark Applications – Madrid Protocol
23 September 2013
It now possible to file a special international type trade mark application called a Madrid Protocol Application. These applications allow the trade mark owner to file simultaneously in multiple countries around the world rather than filing individual applications in each country around the world. One of the key benefits to the system is a large …
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16 September 2013
Recently I noticed that there are a few people holding themselves out to be qualified to file patent applications in Australia through enlace.com and freelancer.com. Some of these contractors are not based in Australia nor are they qualified to operate in Australia. One of Alder IP’s recent clients allegedly filed an Australian Provisional Patent Application …
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26 August 2013
Often, people falsely believe that you can not patent or protect a business idea or a business process. This belief is incorrect, patenting business methods, processes and concepts can be validly protected by patents in many countries around the world. However, the patent application needs to be filed prior to any disclosure of your idea …
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