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  • New patent database exposes inventors' old ideas

    The Federal government and patent agency IP Australia have launched a new open, online database featuring almost 20 years' worth of the country's patent application records, in a bid to make it easier for inventors to check if someone else has already had their light bulb moment.

  • Make your IP bulletproof, businesses told

    The federal Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has announced an initiative to inform Australian SMEs on what to look out for when it comes to exporting their technology products overseas.

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