IP

If you are managing or running an e-commerce business there are a few essential things you need to know if you want to stay current and growing in a very crowded marketplace.

Formatting a drive remains one of the most common ways organisations try to erase data from drives, even though it doesn’t work.

If you run a company, no matter how big or small, your company shareholders agreement will be the most important legal document you’re likely to deal with.

How often do friends or colleagues go into business together, never stopping to think about a legally binding shareholder agreement until something changes and things get nasty?

From the epic intellectual property war between the mobile communications device titans, insights are emerging for small businesses on how they can successfully wield patent rights and defend against them.

Intellectual Property (IP) protection is often regarded as a luxury by SMBs, with many SMBs unaware that they may be exposed to the same IP risks as their big business counterparts. Here’s some expert advice for protecting your business against IP threats from within.

In the early days of Lonely Planet, founder Tony Wheeler quickly learnt the importance of building a brand and protecting his valuable intellectual property (IP) overseas.

Although some of the furor over WikiLeaks has slowed down, make no mistake; the whistleblower website has not gone away. Have you considered that business content could wind up on WikiLeaks or some other forum?

Local replica furniture supplier Matt Blatt is being taken to the Federal Court by American manufacturer Herman Miller for its use of the “Eames” brand, and Founder Adam Drexler has told Dynamic Business of his “surprise” at the legal action.

A rare piece of good news for business has been revealed in figures released by IP Australia, which found trade mark applications have risen to pre-GFC levels.

Alicia Beachley gets serious about protecting your Intellectual Property online.

“Your work and therefore your IP is something that should be very valuable to you, both commercially and intellectually.”

Follow these five simple steps to make sure everything’s in order with your trade marks, whether you’re a start-up or an established business.

If you plan to sell your company or business, the business’ title to IP must be clear and established, to avoid problems in the future, you must be able to prove now that your business owns what you say it owns.

Starting a business is always an exciting and daunting time – registrations, accountants, setting up tax requirements and then the marketing, production and sales processes.

Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry, Richard Marles MP, today announced a new online tool to help SMEs manage their intellectual property.