The 2018 IP Australia report (Chapter 6) reviews two separate studies that show “public funding of research has a positive and statistically significant impact on patent production, with the impact being stronger for collaborative grants.” This is an important finding because – as the IP Australia report notes — patenting activity is an indicator of the commercialisation potential of research …
Patent Applicants- Who is applying?
All hail Australia’s small businesses! IP Australia estimates that more than 75 percent of the Australian residents who applied for patents in Australia in 2016 were private individuals or small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The numbers demonstrate that a significant amount of innovation in Australia is happening at the start-up level, highlighting the need to further nurture this growing sector …
Patent Filing- Global Findings
World patent filings have been averaging around eight percent annual growth between 2010 and 2016. By comparison, patent filings in Australia have averaged around three percent growth over the same period, ranking us 10th in OECD countries in terms of average annual growth. Patents are filed where entrepreneurs and companies believe they will have commercial opportunity and want to protect …
The IP Perspective: clever planning or pure luck?
Perhaps one of the least acknowledged, and yet most critical, factors contributing to one’s ‘success’, is luck. All too often, people will credit their achievements solely to their personal skill and brilliance, hard work, and hustle. They will rarely mention the role that luck played, and even more rarely (respectfully) give thanks to it. Perhaps they feel that by doing …
Who owns ‘RAW’ files
Copyright and graphic design If you are lucky enough to work in the design industry, then your job involves the creation of intellectual property on a daily basis. And, on the opposite side of the table, if you’ve ever engaged a design or marketing professional, then you’ve likely had the pleasure of commissioning the creation of intellectual property. A new …
3D Printing – IP implications of a layered approach
The game changing technology of 3D printing (a form of additive manufacturing – the creation of 3D objects by adding layer upon layer of materials) is becoming mainstream in our modern society. It has now entered our homes so that what was once a technology only available to large organisations and researchers is now available to hobbyists and smaller companies …
A guide to managing intellectual property
Intellectual Property (IP) should be well managed – in the same way that a company manages all of its other assets. Unfortunately, because of the intangible nature of IP, it often gets overlooked. This brief guide aims to identify some of the issues and practices that will assist a company in being more able to effectively manage IP that already …
Productivity Commission proposes big changes
Something Old, Something New Amongst the Commission’s Many Draft Recommendations By Peter Caporn, Principal The Australian Government’s Productivity Commission released its draft report on ‘Intellectual Property Arrangements’ on 29 April 2016 and the draft recommendations are likely to cause a stir. The draft report can be accessed in full here. The draft report makes for a very interesting read. It …
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