Tag: IP

Here’s how to keep your small firm’s big digital assets out of the crosshairs of hackers.

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.

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.

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.

Bringing a brand to market, carving out a niche for that particular product offering and encouraging consumers to invest in that brand, is never easy.

Dinosaur Designs’ Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy are both business owners and husband and wife but perhaps more importantly they’re artists.

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.