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 [...]
In a recent ACCC prosecution the Federal Court determined that the Australian Consumer Law (the old Trade Practices Law) applies to foreign companies offering goods and services to Australians online. The Court also found that the definition of goods in the legislation extended to digital products.
Rankin & Co are proud to have recently contributed to INNOVIC’s Entrepreneurs’ Toolkit aimed at small businesses. Other contributors include IP Australia and the Victorian Small Business Commissioner. The toolkit provides everything an entrepreneur requires to get their idea off the ground and established correctly.Click here for your free copy.
