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Media releases 2006

Doug Waterhouse elected as UPOV President
2006-09

4 December 2006

The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) recently appointed Doug Waterhouse, Registrar of the Australian Plant Breeder's Rights scheme, as President of the 62 member council. The Presidency is a first for Australia in the intellectual property arena and represents significant international recognition of the lead role Australia continues to play in UPOV.

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100 years of trade marks: Australia's favourite revealed

25 September 2006

The vote to determine Australia's favourite trade mark has been finalised and Sanitarium's Weet-Bix has come out on top.

• View the Media Release (PDF)

Related Links:

• Trade Marks' Centenary Website

Intellectual Property Online to Victorian Small Business

18 September 2006

Victorian small business operators now have better access to valuable intellectual property information following an agreement signed by IP Australia and the Victorian Office of Small Business (OSB).

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Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2006

14 September 2006

The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2006, which amends several pieces of intellectual property (IP) legislation, was passed in Parliament today.

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Decision on Ugg Trade Mark Non-Use Action

23 August 2006

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Bob Baldwin, clarified today that trade mark applicants are able to incorporate the word Ugh or Ugg in trade mark applications if they wish but should take care not to infringe other's rights.

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Review of Innovation Patent System

15 August 2006

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Bob Baldwin today released the report on the Review of Innovation Patent System.

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Related Links:

• View the full report

Trade Marks' Centenary

3 July 2006

Sunday 2 July 2006 is the 100th anniversary of the first federally registered trade mark.

Media Kit:

• View the Media Release (PDF)
• About the Top-Ten Trade Marks (PDF)
• About the Panel Members (PDF)
• History of Trade Marks (PDF)
• Trade Marks' Centenary Logo Competition (PDF)
• Trade Marks Backgrounder (PDF)

Trade Marks' Centenary

30 June 2006

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Bob Baldwin, today released the report Review of the "Spare Parts" Provision of the Designs Act 2003.

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Review of Designs Spare Parts Provision

23 June 2006

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Bob Baldwin, today released the report Review of the "Spare Parts" Provision of the Designs Act 2003.

• The Media Release and Report are now available

Trade Marks Amendment Bill 2006

21 June 2006

The Trade Marks Amendment Bill 2006 was tabled in Parliament today, making a number of incremental improvements to the Trade Marks Act 1995 that will provide greater certainty for Australian business.

• View the media release (PDF).

Trade Mark Invoice Scam Warning for Business

3 May 2006

Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Resources, Bob Baldwin, warns businesses whose trade mark application details have been published in the Australian Official Journal of Trade Marks to beware of a trade mark invoice scam.

• View the media release (PDF).

Related links:

• Buyer Beware web page
• Sample TM Scam Invoice

ACIP review of the relationship between trade marks and business names, company names and domain names

13 April 2006

ACIP released an issues paper and received written submissions. The Council also commissioned market research to test the level of understanding by the business community of the legal standing of business names. Federal Industry, Tourism and Resources Parliamentary Secretary, The Hon Bob Baldwin MP, today released ACIP's report.

• View the Media Release (PDF)

Related Information:

• View the Full Report (PDF)
• View the ACIP website (PDF)

Protect your Intellectual Property: Bailey Urges

17 February 2006

Minister for Small Business and Tourism, the Hon Fran Bailey MP has urged small business to ensure their intellectual property is safely secured or risk putting their livelihoods at risk.

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Related Links:

• Smart Start website

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