Intellectual property

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Non-compete clauses may be banned by 2027 – here’s what small businesses should do now

Here’s what small businesses should know and do to prepare for the changes.
Nagi Maehashi and Brooke Bellamy

Brooki Bakehouse, RecipeTin Eats, and the complexities of IP protection for small businesses

What do you do when your products and services sit in a legal grey area?
IP First Response shown on laptop screen

IP Australia launches IP First Response to help businesses tackle infringement

The new tool helps businesses safeguard and enforce their IP.

Why half of SMEs don’t use AI

Despite the aforementioned concerns about AI, ANZ SMEs are considered to still be the most likely to use AI regularly co...

How legal eagles can ease businesses’ growing pains

Sole traders, partnerships, companies and trusts all operate differently and have their own advantages and disadvantages...
David hook Gioliath

Safeguarding small businesses: strategies to counter the threat of corporate dominance

Your business being smaller has advantages, for which you can embed your culture and process faster than a bigger entity...

Eight steps to starting a franchise

Consider registering each type of IP relevant to your franchise - register your logo as a trade mark and register your b...
Trademarks-Wadeson, trade marks, trademark

Even your accountant won’t tell you about this mistake that could cost you thousands

Professionals like accountants may not be aware about the risk of trademarks and how one wrong move can set you back tho...
IP, IP Australia

A striking profile

As a business owner it’s important to build your business’s brand at the same time as you create content you own that wi...
trademarks

Can Banksy teach us anything about keeping your trademark?

The real purpose of trademarks is to make sure there is no confusion by the buying public as to where their purchase has...