Everything you need to know about why Authentic Design Alliance exists, what we do & the problem with replica by DESIGN ONLINE - essential reading about the fight agains the replica furniture industry. Authentic [...]
Download our ADA tabloid newspaper to learn how the growing problem of design theft in Australia began & why we must act now to protect our design industry! SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? Stay informed about the growing [...]
Some of Australia’s best-known rock photographers are calling copyright infringement by the online auction of media giant Fairfax’s Sydney Morning Herald image archive. On Friday ABC news reported hundreds of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The heart of the problem when building industry professionals swap the original furniture and lighting on projects for blatant knock-offs has been succinctly headlined in a newly released publication. The statement [...]
Retailer ALDI Australia advertised a near identical product to one created by the Melbourne-based brand Miss Glass Home. The story then went viral as social media feeds lit up with many views on the growing problem of big business knocking-off original work by independent design brands and local creators. ROBBED ON HOME TURF These David vs […]
As a member-funded association, membership fees directly fund the ADA® campaign to outlaw design theft. A new DIAMOND tier will apply after October for members with more than 1x Australian business entity. New [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
