The simple answer is NO.  A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from manufacturing, using or selling the invention. Patent protection is limited to a specific jurisdiction and no single patent provides protection at an “international” or “worldwide” level. Those pursuing patent rights will...Read More

If you have been spending a lot of time at home during the lockdown, I hope that you have been exercising and spending time in the sunlight. For many of us, our stay-at-home free time is now filled with binging streamed content and video games, whilst others are reacquainting themselves with book reading, an indoor...Read More

I admire inventors who have studied a problem, and then by their creativeness and perseverance, find a solution. Along the way to finding that solution, their invention in many instances is the product of trial and error. However, in my view the most interesting inventions are those that were created by accident. One of my...Read More

Australia like the United States has a “12 month” grace period for filing patent applications. This means that an owner/inventor has up to 1 year from their date of public disclosure to file patent applications in these countries. Whilst the US has such a grace period applying to design protection, Australia at present does not....Read More

Are you a small business or individual that is not not sure on how to protect a new product, design or idea?  In addition to technical qualifications in engineering and science, our attorneys have considerable experience in protecting the products and business ideas for individuals, small companies, and larger corporations.Read More