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• Understanding Intellectual Property
  • What is IP
    • IP protection
    • IP Rights illustrated
    • IP glossary
  • Why use IP
    • IP rights at a glance
    • Value of IP rights
    • Attributes of IP rights
  • How to use IP
    • How to protect your IP
    • What you can protect
    • Alternative protection methods
    • Get the right advice about IP
  • Ownership of IP
    • Proof of ownership
    • Crown Use
  • Commercialise your IP
    • Who to commercialise with
    • Commercialise internationally
    • Licensing
      • Types of licences
      • Licence conditions
      • Royalties
    • Indigenous business
      • Dream Shield
  • IP for business
    • Business planning
      • Things to consider
      • Get the right help
    • How IP can work for you
    • Monitor the marketplace
    • Design a logo and brand
    • Franchising and IP
    • IP audit
    • Differences between trade marks, business and domain names
    • Business Name Search Service
    • Doing business overseas
      • IP and exporting
      • IP and importing
      • IP protection in Canada
      • IP protection in China
      • IP protection in the European Union
      • IP protection in India
      • IP protection in Indonesia
      • IP protection in Japan
      • IP protection in New Zealand
      • IP protection in Singapore
      • IP protection in South Korea
      • IP protection in Thailand
      • IP protection in the USA
    • Funding and grants
    • IP and taxes
  • IP for designers
    • Fashion
      • Defend your rights
      • Copyright
      • Patents for fashion
      • Trade marks for fashion
      • Designs for fashion
  • IP for education and training
    • IP in schools
    • IP for higher education
      • Benefits of IP training
      • Where to study IP
      • Resources
        • IP units of competency
        • Skill sets
    • IP in everyday life
    • History of Aussie innovations
  • Case studies
• Get The Right IP
  • Choosing the right IP
  • Patents
    • About patents
      • Benefits of patents
      • Is a patent the right choice
      • What can be patented
        • Patents for computer-related inventions
        • Patents for business methods
        • Patents for biological inventions
        • Patents for micro-organisms
        • Depositing micro-organisms
    • Types of patents
      • Provisional applications
      • Standard patent
      • Innovation patent
      • Standard vs innovation patent
    • Patent application process
      • Overview of the process
      • Standard patent application process
      • Innovation patent application process
      • Request for Examination
      • Expedited and modified examination for Standard Patents
        • Fast tracking patents for green technology
      • Examination under the Patent Prosecution Highway
        • Patent Prosecution Highway requirements and procedures
      • Converting a patent application
      • Divisional application
      • Applying for a patent of addition
      • Priority Document Access Service (DAS)
    • Time and costs
      • Fees
      • Extension of time
      • Refunds and waivers
      • How to pay
      • Grace periods
    • Search for a patent
      • Types of searches
      • Obtaining competitive product information
      • Search database
        • eDossier
        • AusPat FAQs
    • Apply for a patent
      • Before you apply
      • Provisional application - what to include
      • Standard and innovation applications - what to include
        • Specifications
      • Location of IPC Marks by Section
    • International patents
      • Before you apply
      • Application process
      • Applying for an international patent online
      • Patents displayed at international exhibitions
    • Manage your patent
      • What happens after my patent is granted
      • Amending your patent
        • Amending your patent online
      • Enforcing your patent
      • Dealing with oppositions
        • Ownership disputes
        • Hearings and appeals
    • Patent forms
    • Patent publications
    • Patent FAQs
    • Patent Case studies
  • Trade marks
    • About trade marks
      • Is a trade mark the right choice
      • Prohibited signs
      • Benefits of trade marks
      • Understanding trade marks
    • Types of trade marks
      • Certification trade mark
        • Rules Governing Use of Certification Trade Marks filed after 27 March 2007
        • Rules certified by ACCC for trade marks filed after 27 March 2007
        • Rules for registered certification trade marks filed before 27 March 2007
        • Geographical Indications
      • Series of trade marks
      • Sound trade mark
      • Movement trade mark
      • Shape trade mark
      • Colour trade mark
      • Scent trade mark
      • Trade mark for wine
      • Trade mark for plants
    • TM Headstart - a preliminary check
      • What is TM Headstart
      • Limitations
      • Before you submit a TM Headstart
      • TM Headstart application - what to include
      • TM Headstart FAQs
    • Trade mark application process
      • Overview of the process
      • Mistakes and misconceptions
      • Examination process
        • Adverse examination report
      • Divisional applications
      • Deferment of a trade mark
      • Non-use of a trade mark
    • Time and costs
      • Fees
      • Extension of time
      • Refunds and waivers
      • How to pay
    • Search for a trade mark
      • How to search
      • Information about searching
      • Short Course in Trade Marks Database Searching
    • Apply for a trade mark
      • Before you apply
      • Apply for a trade mark online
      • Classes of goods and services
    • International trade marks
      • Before you apply
      • Application process
      • Applying for an international trade mark
        • Refusal of protection
      • International trade mark ownership
        • Protecting your international trade mark
    • Opposition to Registration or Removal
      • What is an opposition
      • Dealing with oppositions
      • Filing an opposition
      • Hearings and appeals
      • Schedule of hearing dates
      • International oppositions
      • Extension of time
    • Manage your trade mark
      • Renewing your trade mark
      • Amending your trade mark
        • Provisions for change
        • Types of amendments
      • Protecting your trade mark
      • Protect your confidential information
      • Availability of documents
    • Trade mark forms
    • Trade mark publications
    • Trade mark FAQs
    • Trade mark case studies
  • Designs
    • About designs
      • Benefits of registration
      • Is registering your design the right choice
    • Design application process
      • Overview of the process
      • Examination process
      • Registration & Publication
    • Time and costs
      • Fees
      • Extension of time
      • Refunds and waivers
      • How to pay
    • Search for a design
      • Registered Olympic Designs
    • Apply for a design
      • Before you apply
      • Designs application - what to include
    • International designs
      • Before you apply
    • Manage your design
      • Renewing your design
      • Amending your design
      • Enforcing your design
      • Dealing with oppositions
      • Designs Act 2003
    • Designs Forms
    • Designs publications
    • Design FAQs
    • Design case studies
  • Plant Breeder's Rights
    • About PBR
      • Benefits of PBR
      • History of PBR in Australia
    • PBR and other IP rights
      • Patents and plants
      • Trade marks and plants
    • PBR application process
      • Overview of the process
      • Eligibility
      • Criteria for protection
      • Naming a new plant variety
      • Test growing
        • Qualified people
        • Centralised test centres
    • Time and costs
      • Fees
      • Refunds and waivers
      • How to pay
    • Search for a PBR
    • Apply for a PBR
      • Before you apply
    • International PBR
      • International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
    • Manage your PBR
      • Sale and use of your protected variety
      • Labelling
      • Dealing with oppositions
    • Plant Breeders Rights Forms
    • Plant Breeder's Rights Publications
    • Plant Breeder's Rights FAQs
    • Plant Breeder's Rights case studies
  • Copyright
    • Changes to copyright
  • Other types of IP
    • Circuit layout rights
    • Confidentiality/trade secrets
    • Domain names
  • Online Services
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• Manage Your IP
  • Renew your IP
  • Amend your IP
  • Change your name or address
  • Review your IP
    • When to review your IP
    • How to review your IP
    • Valuing your IP assets
    • IP valuation methods
    • Accounting issues
• IP infringement
  • Enforcing your IP
    • What does your IP entitle you to
    • What must be proven to enforce your IP
    • Protecting your IP online
    • Resolving disputes
    • Going to court
    • Preventing infringement
    • Strategic options
    • Legal remedies
    • IP insurance
    • Enforcing your IP overseas
    • How can Customs help
    • Summary of key concepts
  • Infringing on others' IP
    • Dealing with alleged infringement
  • Counterfeiting and piracy
  • Unsolicited IP services
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