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Tools and resources
These simple tools and resources will help you make the next steps in your intellectual property journey.
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Australian | International - Search designs
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PBR Database
News, events and media centre quicktab
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21 July 2017 |
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10 July 2017 We’ve established an intellectual property (IP) Mediation Referral Service for IP right holders to access mediation providers as a low cost and effective alternative to resolve IP related disputes. |
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5 July 2017 The IP Toolkit was created to help businesses and researchers navigate complex intellectual property (IP) issues through a range of resources. The updated version of the IP Toolkit is now available and we would welcome your feedback. |
 Tuesday 5th September at 12:00pm - Tuesday 5th September at 1:00pm IP Australia is holding an introductory IP workshop via webinar. At 12:00pm on Tuesday 5 September 2017 |
 Wednesday 13th September at 12:00pm - Wednesday 13th September at 1:00pm Join us for an introductory trade marks workshop via webinar. At 12:00pm on Wednesday 13 September 2017 |
 Thursday 5th October at 12:00pm - Thursday 5th October at 1:00pm Join us for an introductory patents workshop via webinar. At 12:00pm on Thursday 5 October 2017 |
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4 August 2017 This year there were over 2300 hackers who took part in GovHack. IP Australia’s bounty was the seemingly simple question: “What happened to my IP right?” |
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4 August 2017 The National Survey for Research Commercialisation (NSRC) is Australia’s only data collection to determine the research performance of the publicly funded research system. The NSRC data-set is extremely useful to those assessing the performance of Australia’s research system. |
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27 July 2017 We’ve developed a suite of videos to help you prepare for searching our trade mark database and conducting both quick and advanced searches. |
