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 [...]
Stay informed with our latest campaigns and overview of ADA Members at DENFAIR! It is important as an industry that we remain informed – Download our latest Tabloid here GET INVOLVED & SUPPORT OUR [...]
The regulatory body for patents, trade marks and design registrations is currently undertaking a review of design systems. As part of this IP Australia invited the AUTHENTIC DESIGN ALLIANCE to present a range of [...]
Learn why AUTHENTIC DESIGN ALLIANCE exists & why we urgently need to solve the replica furniture problem that’s killing the future for designers Authentic Design Alliance working with industry events to [...]
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 [...]
Some of Australia’s best-known rock photographers claimed copyright infringement by an online auction of media giant Fairfax’s Sydney Morning Herald image archive. ABC news reported hundreds of original photographs [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
