Q: Why patent a manufacturing process? A: To guard against price competition. Some advanced manufacturing processes produce innovative new products. Others make old products more efficiently. In either case: – profit margin will disappear over time if imitators can compete on price; and – competitors are likely allowed to imitate if you don’t patent. Generally […]
Patent documents are typically dense with technical information and often include long sections of strange wording far removed from everyday English. Finding what you need is much easier once you learn your way around a typical patent document and understand the logic behind the strange wording. Anatomy of a patent document The text and drawings […]
Our office will close for the holidays midday Friday 24 December 2021 and will reopen on Tuesday 4 January 2022. We are available for urgent matters between these dates. If you have an urgent enquiry during this time, please forward an email to mail@brmpatentattorneys.com.au and we will respond as soon as we can. Best wishes […]
In Australia we have ‘design registrations’ which are akin to design patents in the US and ‘patents’ which are akin to utility patents in the US. A general 12-month grace period has long applied in connection with Australian patents whereas there is no similar grace period in connection with Australian design registrations. Prematurely publishing a […]
BRM is a new firm with a long history. BRM’s experienced professionals together have well over a century of experience providing outstanding patent attorney services. Some of you may know our professionals from Wadeson. In 2019, Wadeson celebrated its 10th anniversary as a proudly independent Australian patent and trade mark attorney firm. As of 1 […]
Following from our earlier articles reporting on the demise of the Australian innovation patent, the 25 August 2021 deadline is drawing nearer. If an Australian patent application is part of your plans, you would be well advised to ensure that you have a suitable patent application in place by then. Anyone with an interest in […]
After more than a decade at 101 Collins Street we are moving to: Level 14 333 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 This historic building was a grand banking headquarters during Melbourne’s boom in the 1890’s and is famous for its majestic domed foyer. We look forward to welcoming you to our beautiful new office space. […]
For the past year, IP Australia (our Intellectual Property Office) has been offering three-month COVID-19 related extensions for most Australian patent and trade mark deadlines. Deadlines that could not be met due to COVID-19 related “circumstances beyond the control of the person” could be extended with a simple electronic tick-box request via an online portal […]
(See here for the latest update) Three-month extensions of time for COVID-19 related delays are now freely available for most Australian patent and trade mark deadlines. Deadlines that cannot be met due to COVID-19 related ‘circumstances beyond the control of the person’ can now be extended with a simple electronic request via an electronic portal […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to affect many of our customers. As such, IP Australia’s streamlined process to provide free extensions of time to assist customers impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak will be continued until 30 November 2020. If you have previously received a streamlined three month extension and subsequently find that you need a further extension due to the impact of the COVID-19 […]
