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The following case studies are examples of companies or individuals who have all had experience with the IP system in Australia. The content of the case studies ranges from the benefits gained from implementing successful protection strategies, the pitfalls to watch out for and experience with protecting IP overseas to the more informal means of protecting IP.

Hopefully, by reading about the following experiences with IP, you will be better equipped to seek protection for your own IP in the most suitable way.

Case Study 1:  L&R Ashbolt become world leaders in their field after investing more resources in Intellectual Property.

Case Study 2:  Bishop Steering earns more than $17 million every year from licensing their IP.

Case Study 3:  IP Protection - a patent is your bricks and mortar when it comes to making money from an idea.

Case Study 4:  This Wollongong software company focuses on protecting their brands with registered trade marks.

Case Study 5:  The Dome Group have developed a comprehensive IP strategy that flows into almost every aspect of day-to-day business.

Case Study 6:  Australian business leaders are aware that aggressive and visionary intellectual property protection can make your business almost invincible.

Case Study 7:  Australian cotton farmers happy to go into joint ownership with American firm.

Case Study 8:  Award winning furniture manufacturers acknowledge that intellectual property "is the future".

Case Study 9:  Kambrook learnt the hard way, losing millions of dollars in royalties for failure to patent their 'electronic power-board'.

Case Study 10:  Mars discusses the value of trade marks in building reputable brands.

Case Study 11:  Inventor Ed Howard makes money by trading in the currency of IP.

Case Study 12:  Read how this high tech communications company uses its registered trade mark and trade secrets to great effect.

Case Study 13:  Queensland Tourist & Travel Corporation stands by their innovative trade marks.

Case Study 14:  Surfer invents solution to painful glare and protects his potentially massive market share with heavy IP protection.