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What is IP Australia?
What is IP Australia?
IP Australia administers Australia's IP rights system, specifically patents, trade marks, designs and plant breeder’s rights.
Our core task is to administer statutes relating to IP. By granting these rights, IP Australia helps to
- create a secure environment for investment in innovation
- enable firms to build brand value and business reputation
- encourage the disclosure of inventions and the transfer of knowledge and technology
- provide a legal framework for trading intellectual assets.
IP Australia incorporates the Patent, Designs, Trade Marks and Plant Breeder’s Rights (PBR) Offices. It is a prescribed agency within the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR), operating independently of the Department on financial matters and with some degree of autonomy on other matters. By charging fees for services, IP Australia recovers more than 95% of costs.
Helping Australian business to prosper
Currently, our main ambition is to make the IP rights system more effective. We will achieve this by improving the consistency of our decision, our response times and our business systems.
IP Australia will
- deliver robust IP rights and satisfy our customers in terms of timeliness and value for money
- be recognised as one of the leading IP offices in the world for the quality (including accuracy and consistency) of the IP rights we grant
- enable Australians to derive maximum value from the IP system through effective information and education services
- be regarded as a leading Australian government agency, respected for its valuable contribution to the national innovation system.
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