Patents
A device, substance, method or process that you have invented.
Gives you the exclusive right to commercially exploit your invention.
Patent Case studies
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An Aussie fix for aortic aneurysms
Cook MedicalZenith® Endovascular Graft provides a less invasive option to treat Aortic aneurysms.
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Generating IP on behalf of clients
Lu Papi's New South Wales based research and development company generates IP for clients by developing their ideas from concept to manufacturing. It focuses on IP protection through patenting.
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It’s not easy getting our bodies to absorb medicines. Some drugs are affected by our age, sex, diet or even the temperature and time of day. Many costly new medicines are simply abandoned due to poor solubility or other difficulties delivering the drug.
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Lenard Poulter has successfully franchised his ideas and his trade marks along with his chicken shops. He now essentially sells IP for a living.
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Having been in business in Japan for decades, Terrie Lloyd has had plenty of experience with the Japanese IP system. He now runs several businesses that provide information or services to foreign software, biotech and media companies accessing or looking to access the Japanese market. Two of his key businesses are Japan Inc, a technology innovation magazine, and LINC Media, a business incubation company.
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IP protection for a beach chair
When Katherine Drayton realised that her innovative beach chair could be marketable, she researched her IP rights and took out protection in the form of an innovation patent, a design registration and a trade marked logo.
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Patents
Trade Marks
Designs
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IP protection for a fridge magnet
The inventor of a special fridge magnet made sure his IP was appropriately protected before he began commercialising it. As the product was an easy one to copy, he accepted that his ability to protect the IP would be limited, and factored this into his business strategy.
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IP protection for a unique windsurfer
Surfer and sailboarder Graeme Attey created a land windsurfer that gives the rider the same feeling they have when surfing or snowboarding. He not only protected his valuable invention with a patent, but also registered its design and trade marked its name.
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Patents
Trade Marks
Designs
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IP protection for computer chip
A computer game company found that a new computer chip design in one of its games had been copied by another company in a competing game. Suspecting that it had grounds to prevent the sale of the other company's product, it sought legal advice. The advice highlighted some useful facts about how IP works in this area and showed that the company's IP had indeed been infringed.
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IP strategy for a mining technology start up
A Queensland company that invented mine safety technology that's in worldwide demand has been careful to protect its IP rights from the time the product was still a research project.
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