Best known for massive outdoor steel sculptures that can be seen across Australia and around the world, the late Australian-American artist Clement Meadmore (1929-2005) was also a prodigious industrial designer. In [...]
Following our participation in the IP Australia stakeholder forum in December, last week we met with the research team to further flesh out issues we felt were yet to be included in the ongoing ACIP review into [...]
Following extensive lobbying by a group of leading European brands, in 2016 Britain announced radical changes to UK intellectual property (IP) laws that effectively outlawed the replica furniture industry, giving a [...]
Ahead of the ongoing research by IP Australia into the review of design systems (ACIP Review), some 'quick wins' have been proposed for policy recommendations in the short-term. The current designs system has been [...]
Earlier this year IP Australia announced a review into design systems that includes design registrations, trade marks, patents and other rights. As part of the review ADA® stakeholders have hosted several round [...]
The ADA® joined a day long forum at University of Sydney this week, where IP Australia chaired stakeholder-led consultation into the ongoing ACIP review into design systems. Whilst the invited group spanned [...]
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IP Australia, the department tasked with managing design registrations, trade marks and patents (but not copyright), reached out to the ADA® to consult on the review into design systems that was announced early [...]
Surprisingly, most of our contact with industry members affected by design theft are from the lighting sector! Independent designers, brands, importers and retailers are being savaged by online platforms and bricks [...]
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