Australian Design Certification Round-Up 31 October 2013

A round-up of Australian Designs which have been certified (from the Designs Office Journal dated 31 October 2013. The following Designs have been examined and Certificates of Examination have issued. Infringement proceedings may now be commenced by the owners of these designs. 

Kickstarter Goes Live in AU/NZ: but Kickstart Your IP Position First

Kickstarter is a US based company which provides an online tool to raise funds for projects/products via a crowd funding model. Kickstarter have recently announced a formal launch of Australian and New Zealand projects.  Below, we take a look at one potential problem in launching on kickstarter too early.