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Media releases 2007

TV runs rough shod over designers' IP rights

6 September 2007

Dr Ian Heath, Director General of IP Australia, today expressed his disappointment at recent television reporting promoting the sale of fake fashion items.

Fashion Rules

5 September 2007

Bob Baldwin, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, has launched Fashion Rules, a guide to intellectual property (IP) for Australia's clothing and fashion design industry.

New laws ensure more freedom for Australian innovators

06 August 2007

The Hon Bob Baldwin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, announced that the Government has agreed to amend the Patents Act to define an experimental use exception.

IP Enforcement budget increase

13th June 2007

Australian trade mark and copyright owners will have access to stronger intellectual property (IP) protection as the result of a multi-million dollar funding boost to fight IP crime.

Reducing Red Tape for Patent Applications

31 May 2007

On 25 May 2007, The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Bob Baldwin, announced that consultations have commenced on removing a regulatory burden faced by applicants for Australian patents.

In Business? Know your intellectual property!

26 April 2007

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Bob Baldwin, has used the occasion of World IP Day to urge all Australian business owners to increase their understanding of intellectual property (IP).

News on jurisdiction of the Federal Magistrates

5 April 2007

The Hon Ian Macfarlane MP, Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources announced that the Government has agreed to extend the jurisdiction of the Federal Magistrates Court to hear trade mark and design matter.

Review of "Ambush Marketing" Legislation

28 March 2007

The Australian Government has begun a review of the legislation preventing the unauthorised use of Olympic insignia and expressions, and the unauthorised use of indicia and images associated with the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Plant Breeder’s Rights turns 20 today.

13 March 2007

IP Australia is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Plant Breeder’s Rights (PBR) scheme today.

1000 Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys in Australia

20 February 2007

Melbourne-based Simone Calleja from Griffith Hack Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys has become Australia's 1,000th registered patent and trade mark attorney.

Australia Building Stronger IP in the Asia-Pacific

1 February 2007

An agreement signed at the Trading Ideas Symposium in Sydney will further boost Australian exports to Thailand and throughout APEC, according to Bob Baldwin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. Full story.

The Future of Intellectual Property in the Asia-Pacific Debated

31 January 2007

Harmonization of IP laws and processes across borders to reduce red tape, piracy and the counterfeiting in the Asia-Pacific region and the enforcement of IP rights were canvassed yesterday in the concluding Roundtable discussion of Trading Ideas.

Attorney-General Philip Ruddock to open Trading Ideas

29 January 2007

Canberra, Australia, January 10, 2007 -- Australia’s Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, will officially open the first public-private sector event of the APEC 2007 calendar, the Trading Ideas Symposium.

Designs Hit 100 - Still Going Strong

10 January 2007

From a unique swim costume that mimics shark skin to a cricket helmet combining visual style, safety and comfort, Australian design has come a long way in the last 100 years. Today IP Australia celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first federally registered design.

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