Collaborating? Here’s how to avoid a web of IP issues
22 August 2025
Commercial collaboration can create unbeatable opportunities for innovation and securing return on investment.
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Designs
Any comments sofa-r? Government response on Designs consultation
21 November 2019
When, in May of 2012, the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) was set the mammoth task, the Australian designs system had been operating without review since its inception, some 8 years prior.
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Crocodile attacks in New Zealand – Lacoste death rolls Crocodile International again
23 October 2015
New Zealand may have beaten France in the Rugby World Cup quarter finals, but one French sporting icon is winning a strategic branding war in New Zealand.
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Productivity Commission releases roadmap for IP review and calls for submissions
15 October 2015
Last week, the Productivity Commission released the Issues Paper in accordance with its comprehensive review of Australia’s IP regime (Inquiry).
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Productivity Commission embarks on 12-month inquiry into Australia’s intellectual property regime
25 August 2015
The Federal Government has given the green light to the Productivity Commission to undertake a comprehensive review of Australia’s IP regime (Inquiry).
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Australia signs Free Trade Agreement with China – important implications for IP owners and healthcare providers
22 June 2015
After years of negotiation and months of drafting, Australia signed the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China (ChAFTA).
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ACIP’s Review of the Designs Systems proposes three approaches to reform
22 January 2015
In 2012, the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) was tasked by the Government with conducting a review of the operation and effectiveness of the Designs Act 2003 (Cth) in supporting innovation. Late last year, ACIP released its Options Paper on the Designs Act (available online here). The Options Paper proposed three approaches to reform.
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IP & Competition Law…a match made in reform heaven?
23 September 2014
IP Whiteboard examines the recommendations of the Competition Policy Review Panel's Draft Report on intellectual property law reform.
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“Holy Unfavourable Judgment Batman”…Batmobile found to be a protectable character
18 February 2013
Can you guess the movie character from the following description: “…oddly-shaped head and facial features, squat torso, long thin arms, and hunched-over posture”.
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Lululemon vs Calvin Klein: is new yoga suit too much of a stretch?
19 September 2012
Last month, yoga-gear guru Lululemon Athletica Inc filed a lawsuit in the US Federal Court in Delaware against PVH Corp’s Calvin Klein brand and G-III Apparel Group alleging infringement of three “design patents” (the US term for registered designs) relating to the design of its famous yoga pants.
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