Pym's Technology Lawyers
Pym's Technology Lawyers

Intellectual Property

Australia is signatory to many prominent international treaties dealing with intellectual property rights, including the Paris Convention, Berne Convention, Universal Copyright convention, the Hague Agreement, the WTO on Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property, the World Intellectual Property Organisation and the Madrid Protocol.

Primarily, intellectual property in Australia is protected under Commonwealth legislation  Please see the section on Patents, Trade Marks and IP for a summary of the rights relating to Patents, Copyright, Designs, Trade Marks, Circuit Layouts, Domain Names, and the section on Confidentiality and Teaming in respect of protecting Confidential Information. 


Next, read our Guide to Obligations of Proprietary Limited Companies.

 
 

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