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  • Tutaki confident e-commerce patent will fail

    Matthew Tutaki, the man driving efforts to stop a controversial patent dogging Australian e-commerce, has urged the information technology community not to panic at news that it is now enforceable in Australia.

  • Lawyers fight Aust moves to stall e-commerce patent

    The company trying to secure an e-commerce patent that could cost Australian businesses millions of dollars has instructed its lawyers to fight the latest move by an Australian tech executive to try to overturn its application.

  • E-commerce patent casts shadow over Aust-US trade

    A controversial e-commerce patent recently granted in Australia late last year could have an unexpected impact on trade with the US according to NSW Liberal senator, John Tierney.

  • Patent threatens to cripple AU e-commerce

    Australian enterprises are now liable to pay royalty fees to a Canadian firm for conducting business over the Internet, according to information received by an industry figure.

  • Asia-Pacific firms rail at e-commerce patent

    Matthew Tutaki received 2,000 e-mails from Asia-Pacific businesses within 48 hours of publicising his effort to overturn a highly controversial e-commerce patent that came within days of being ratified by Australian authorities.

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  • The importance of IP in Australia

    With an increase in patent activity across the globe, we ask if businesses need to be concerned with their intellectual property.

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