Getting the most out of your IP: Questions from start-ups

POF recently co-hosted the Springboard Enterprises Life Sciences Bootcamp and participated in a roundtable to address IP-related concerns from founders seeking to expand and globalise their enterprises. Some of the common questions that arose during this event related to optimising and prioritising investment in IP, Freedom to Operate and prior art searching. Optimisation and Prioritisation …
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IDAHOBIT 2019

IDAHOBIT , the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Inter-sexism and Transphobia is today. Launched in 2004 to celebrate LGBTIQ people globally, today, we use IDAHOBIT to champion inclusion, and build a better world for the LGBTIQ community. To celebrate the day, POF hosted a morning tea in each office – with the team dressing in …
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World IP Day 2019 – Reach for Gold

This year’s World Intellectual Property Day campaign – Reach for Gold – takes a closer look inside the world of sports. It explores how innovation, creativity and the IP rights that encourage and protect them support the development of sport and its enjoyment around the world. The universal values sports encompass – excellence, respect and …
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Mark Williams announced as a Lexology Legal Influencer for Q1 2019

We’re proud to announce that POF’s own Mark Williams has been named Lexology’s exclusive ‘Legal Influencer’ for IP in Australasia, in recognition of his contributions to Inspired – The POF Blog throughout Q1 of 2019. Winners of this award are selected based on how consistently they produce useful and insightful legal content, and the readership …
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A meaty matter of reputation in trade marks

Having a trade mark registration is important in protecting your IP rights, however the mark’s reputation may not always assist you in enforcing it against others. In circumstances where a mark does have a significant reputation behind it, actions for passing off and breach of the Australian Consumer Law may form an important part of …
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POF named Lexology Thought Leader

We’re proud to announce that POF has been named Lexology’s exclusive ‘Thought Leader’ for IP in Australasia, recognizing the performance of Inspired – the POF Blog throughout Q4 of 2018! Lexology’s awards are chosen by measuring the number of reads, and the overall readership score that Lexology assigns to each article in that quarter. This …
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