Australia's fintech sector has grown into one of the most vibrant in the Asia-Pacific region, with innovative companies disrupting payments, lending, wealth management, insurance, and financial infras…

Raising venture capital is a milestone moment for any Australian startup — but it is also one of the most IP-intensive processes a founder will go through. Sophisticated investors, whether based in Sy…

One of the most common questions we hear from Australian founders and business owners — particularly those building tech products, SaaS platforms, and physical devices for the first time — is: what ex…

A question that comes up regularly from founders and business owners across regional Queensland and New South Wales is whether they need a local IP attorney — or whether working with a Sydney-based fi…

The Internet of Things is no longer a future concept — it is a present reality driving billions of dollars in product development across industries including agriculture, mining, logistics, healthcare…

Australia's medical technology sector is one of the most dynamic and fast-growing industries in the country, with innovators developing everything from diagnostic software and wearable health monitors…

Australia's SaaS industry has grown rapidly, with software businesses operating out of Sydney, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and increasingly from regional centres like Noosa, Newcastle, and Wollongong. A…

Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries from financial services in Sydney to agricultural technology across regional Queensland and New South Wales. As AI becomes central to how businesses ope…

Australia's technology sector is booming — from SaaS platforms in Sydney's CBD to hardware startups on the Sunshine Coast and medtech ventures in Brisbane. Yet one of the most common and costly mistak…

If you are an Amazon seller struggling to maintain your margins, you aren't imagining things: the marketplace is flooded with opportunistic product hijackers. Many promising sellers build initial mome…

When a trade mark covers a sprawling range of goods — shoe bags and tow ropes, cloth bags and bird nets — it creates an interesting problem for bad faith analysis. You might be squatting on one part o…

There's a world of difference between wearing your club's name on a vest and selling clothing under that name as a trade mark. It's a distinction that seems obvious from the outside — but for Con Sara…

A trade mark non-use proceeding is not won by simply asserting that your product was on shelves. It is won by proving it — with evidence that is dated, contextualised, and credibly connected to the re…

When two businesses in the same niche sector share a nearly identical name, the resulting trade mark dispute can become intricate. The Australian Allografts case involved two organisations operating i…

When two businesses share an almost identical name, you'd think trade mark conflict is inevitable. But trade mark law is more nuanced than that. Identical or near-identical marks can coexist perfectly…

There's a kind of trade mark squatting that's become increasingly visible in Australian IP proceedings: an applicant files dozens of applications for invented, distinctive marks — marks that happen to…

FIFA — the organisation that brought the world the FIFA World Cup — is not an entity you'd expect to lose a trade mark opposition. Its global reputation in "WORLD CUP" is vast, its Australian registra…

A Building's Name Is Not a Brand: GORDON HOUSE Trade Mark Removed Naming a building is not the same as trading in goods or services under a trade mark. It's an intuitive distinction once stated, but one that the Owners Corporation of the Gordon House building in Melbourne discovered the hard way when their registered composite trade mark was removed for non-use. The case raises important questions about what motivates trade mark registration and why the wrong motivation leads

The word "basmati" conjures images of fragrant, long-grain rice from the foothills of the Himalayas. India's government certainly thinks so — and for good reason. But when it comes to Australian trade…

Broad trade mark specifications look attractive on paper — maximum coverage, maximum protection. But breadth comes at a price: if you can't show genuine use across the full scope of your registration,…