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Welcome to the December Edition of Smart News!

The team at Smart Start would like to wish you all a safe and prosperous holiday season!

This edition is essential if you wish to maintain the value of your IP. We’ll take you through the right steps for protecting your business’s IP and what you can do if your IP rights are being infringed.

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Protecting yourself from Infringers and Infringement

Do you own IP Rights? If you do then you own the rights relating to that property. When another party uses IP without permission they infringe the rights of the owner. It is important to be aware of infringement on two levels: to protect yourself against IP infringement and to protect yourself from infringing others’ IP.

Enforcing your Rights

How do you know whether there has been an infringement of your IP rights? What happens if you need to take action against an Infringer? IP Protection information is available on the IP Toolbox website it will help you to look after your IP rights as well as providing an easy to follow Infringement Strategy.

Find out more by visiting the IP Toolbox website

Trading Ideas: The future of IP in Asia Pacific

Important reminder to register for Trading Ideas – The Future of IP in Asia Pacific, in Sydney on 28-30 January 2007.

Trading Ideas will feature over 35 authoritative speakers with unique insights into IP management within Asia Pacific. Innovative Australian and international businesses such as BlueScope Steel, Nokia Group, the Motion Picture Association and Abortech Ltd will discuss their experiences in protecting and commercially exploiting IP in markets including China, Korea, Japan, the United States and South East Asia. Their stories will be relevant to small, medium or large Australian businesses already trading in the region or considering exporting in the future.

Sessions of particular interest to business include: IP and doing business in the APEC region, how to manage your IP assets across borders and the latest developments in the fight against copyright, counterfeiting and piracy.

Register prior to Christmas and avoid disappointment – Visit www.tradingideas.org. Seats are limited.

Smart News Case Study

Kristy Andrusko is now barking all the way to the bank on the success of her pet care and accessories business, Puppy Phat, but it hasn’t always been a walk in the park. Kristy learned the hard way that without thorough research and preparation, setting up a business can be a very costly experience, both financially and emotionally.

>>>> View the full story.

Institute of Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

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Trade Mark Assisted Filing Service (AFS)
Your business’s trade mark is your unique identity and can be a very valuable asset – so isn’t it time you did something about it? The AFS provides fast, cost effective and helpful information about the suitability of your proposed trade mark, before you apply.

>>>> Find out more.

Smart Start Events Calendar
Keep up to date with all of the IP and small business events on offer.

business.gov.au
For more small business information, visit www.business.gov.au.

Don't forget to visit the Smart Start website for loads of helpful information on how to manage your IP issues including real life Australian case studies, and useful tools like a confidentiality agreement builder and business plan templates.

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