Tag: intellectual property

Regime change needed for IP laws

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s Intellectual Property regime has lost sight of its users and in need of significant rebalancing, with the current system now tipped too far in favour of vocal rights-holders...

IP issues loom in ChAFTA upside

Posted on   |  by James Riley
While Australia’s newly-appointed Special Envoy for Trade is singing the upside of ChAFTA for local services firms, he concedes IP issues remain a tricky issue for tech. But Andrew...

Building IP: the innovation game

Posted on   |  by James Riley
If intellectual property is the measure of a nation’s innovation abilities, Patricia Kelly wields the yardstick. Ms Kelly, a long time public servant, started her career in social and...

PC to investigate Aust patent laws

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Productivity Commission has been instructed to undertake an investigation into Australia’s intellectual property arrangements, including their effect on investment, competition, trade, innovation, and consumer welfare. The Treasurer Joe...