The art deco doors of the Paragon café remained open throughout two world wars, three transfers of business and multiple financial crises. Now, despite purchase offers in multiples of the owner's asking price, the business's 102 years of operation is set for a tragic end. What/who could be responsible for the death of such a [...]
Suppose you totter home from a boozy night only to discover that you have lost your keys. Equipped with a smartphone, you Google the words “24/7 locksmith”. The search yields a list of locksmiths all eager for your business. According to rudimentary statistics, you have a 33% chance of clicking the first listed site, a [...]
A recent boom in the sports apparel market has seen leading companies register a range of designs with IP Australia in an effort to better protect their intellectual property rights. As IP Australia have usefully summarised, design registration is intended to protect designs which have an industrial or commercial use. A design refers to the features [...]
Kicking Goals - Hydrogen fuel cells' time is now, says Applied Nano Technologies' Noel Dunlop A Melbourne-based hydrogen fuel cell startup says it's time to move past the technology's troubled history and embrace a vastly improved new version that is on the cusp of commercial viability. Applied Nano Technologies is seeking $7.5 million in new capital to roll out [...]
