At Griffith Hack we recognise that our clients' intellectual property is a precious and valuable asset.
Our clients, in Australia and overseas, are small enterprises, big corporations, individual inventors, universities and research institutions. Clever people with innovative ideas that need protection. Our role is to assist our clients to obtain that protection.
Griffith Hack is a leading Australian firm of Patent and Trade Mark attorneys and Intellectual Property lawyers with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth and an active network of associate firms throughout the world. The geographical spread and location of our offices enables us to take full advantage of Australia's prime position in the South East Asian region.
With an unrivalled depth of technical expertise and litigation experience, our specialised practice offers the highest calibre of intellectual property advice and services, tailored to meet the broad demands of individual client business strategies.
We can work with you to obtain the protection and outcomes you need.
A Sharp Lesson for Universities and Employee Created IP
An Article on, “The importance of securing ownership of your IP (UWA v Dr Gray)”, written by Wayne Condon from our Melbourne Office.
The recent Federal court decision in UWA v Gray1 addresses several pertinent issues relating to the ownership of intellectual property which is developed in the course of or incidental to employment. This case specifically deals with the ownership of patentable inventions created by
academics while undertaking research.
Justice French dismissed the claims of University of Western Australia (“UWA”) and held that “absent express agreement to the contrary, rights in relation to inventions made
moreIP in Business Transactions 2008/09 'Law Firms and Lawyers'
A Q&A guide to IP in Business Transactions in Australia, written by Wayne Condon from our Melbourne Office.
moreTrade Marks & Copyright » Parallel Imports
There are several key issues involving copyright and trade mark law in regard to the practice of parallel imports.
moreInsight » IP Management
Griffith Hack offers full service intellectual property management to help businesses implement best practice IP procedures.
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