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Support from your vendors

Ask your suppliers and sellers to help protect your IP

Contact businesses you work with to raise concerns about suspected IP infringement and ask for their help preventing further infringement.
Estimated cost:
  Free
Estimated effort:
  Days to weeks
Rate of resolution:
  Variable

IP strategy

Develop a strategy to manage your IP

Develop a  forward-looking intellectual property (IP) strategy that may help you take proactive steps to secure, manage and enforce your IP.
Estimated cost:
  Free, plus optional professional fees
Estimated effort:
  Days to weeks
Rate of resolution:
  Common when multiple IP assets are held
 

Professional IP advice

Obtain advice to help manage your IP

Seek expert advice on proactively avoiding IP issues.
Estimated cost:
  Professional fees apply
Estimated effort:
  Ongoing
Rate of resolution:
  Variable

IP laws

Familiarise yourself with IP laws

Explains the key laws, regulations and rules that form the legal backbone of IP rights in Australia—so you can better understand what applies to your situation and why legal help is often needed.

Monitor competitors' IP

Monitor the trade mark register and market for competitor activity

Ensure the exclusivity of your trade mark by detecting potential conflicts early.
Estimated cost:
  Free, plus optional professional fees
Estimated effort:
  Hours to days
Rate of resolution:
  Common practice
 

Hiring a professional

Choosing a Qualified Person (QP) to conduct growing trials

Deciding who will conduct growing trials for your plant breeder’s rights application.
Estimated cost:
  Variable fees
Estimated effort:
  Years
Rate of resolution:
  Required for all PBR applications

Patent search

Check your idea against existing patents

Conduct a thorough search of existing patents - also known as Freedom to Operate search.
Estimated cost:
  Free or $2k-$7k in professional fees
Estimated effort:
  Hours to weeks
Rate of resolution:
  Not applicable
 

Notification of prior art

Prevent a patent under examination from being granted

Submit a third-party notification of prior art (S27) to alert IP Australia to earlier work that may show a patent application lacks novelty or inventiveness and thus cannot be granted.
Estimated cost:
  Free
Estimated effort:
 Hours to weeks
Resolution rate:
 S27 notices are rarely submitted to IP Australia. 
 

Create contract clauses

Plan how IP disputes will be handled via contracts

Create ready-to-use contract clauses that will proactively refer IP disputes to dispute resolution processes endorsed by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
Estimated cost:
  Free
Estimated effort:
  Hours
Rate of resolution:
  In 2024, WIPO AMC helped resolve 858 intellectual property (IP) disputes