Our interview by new media news site GOAT went viral. #IntellectualProperty was trending as broader issues of design theft hit the millennial readership with some basic facts about Australia's lax IP protection for [...]
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MEMBER NEWS // AUTHENTIC DESIGN ALLIANCE® Trade Mark
ADA® registered trade mark s are finalised! ADA Members are licensed to use our logos and the current TM logos will be updated by mid August. We thank our legal partners Banki Haddock Fiora for guiding us through [...]
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT // ARTEDOMUS + NEW VOLUMES
Artedomus has launched a furniture and object collection with New Volumes, a brand born from an idea seeded when the team were exploring ways to minimise material waste after bumping out a trade event installation [...]
DOWNLOAD // NEW ADA TABLOID NEWSPAPER
Have you read the new ADA tabloid newspaper? Learn how the growing problem of design theft in Australia began and why we must act now to protect the future growth of our industry! Download ADA04 Newspaper Support [...]
WHAT ADA MEMBERSHIP IS RIGHT FOR ME?
We have added new benefits including a Platinum upgrade offer for members with 2 or more Australian brands! As a member-funded association, membership fees directly fund the ADATM campaign to outlaw design theft. [...]
ADA Award of Merit // vivid design competition
For the second year we're proud to partner with vivid design competition to present the AUTHENTIC DESIGN ALLIANCE Award of Merit / vivid17 for Emerging Design. Vivid is an established springboard that has [...]
DOES BUYING KNOCK-OFFS MAKE YOU A THIEF?
How Americans fight knockoffs! Knock-offs are a huge problem the Americans take seriously. Now independent and emerging designers join heritage manufacturers in the fight against the copied designs, despite the [...]
FED UP WITH KNOCK-OFFS — WHAT THIS DESIGNER DID NEXT!
What happened when a designer discovered a big name brand promoting knock-offs their work on social media? With no response from the offending brand (or their distributors) to social media call-outs, the industrial [...]
ADA EVENT // OWNING AUSTRALIAN DESIGN IP 101
What happens when your work is ripped off? What's next? And how do you prevent future Intellectual Property (IP) infringements? Our panel of legal experts and award-winning designers present an essential [...]
ADA EVENTS // STUDIO TRULY TRULY : Melb, Syd, Brisbane
CAFE CULTURE INSITU present Studio Truly Truly 'in conversation' with Authentic Design Alliance director Anne-Maree Sargeant at CCI Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane showrooms to showcase TYPOGRAPHY, a new lighting [...]
HOW NEW ZEALAND GAINED GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR DESIGN
The National Design Summit was held at MAAS (Powerhouse Museum) during Sydney Design Festival, attended by industry leaders to probe strategies to get Federal Government support for the Australian design economy. [...]
ADA EVENT // IP 101 – Intellectual Property Workshop 101
Workshop - Melbourne Design Week Presented by Authentic Design Alliance TM in partnership with Banki Haddock & Fiora Lawyers Trade Marks, Copyright, Design Registrations + more. The essential introduction into [...]