For many Australian companies, much of the value of their enterprise rests in intellectual property (IP). This IP may be in the form of valuable brands, technologies and trade secrets, or copyright protecting the creative output of the business. Not all companies recognise this value or have systems in place to properly manage this legally complex area. They run the risk of IP being managed without the degree of care and diligence expected of directors and company officers.

Griffith Hack has over 13 years experience managing some of the largest portfolios of intellectual property in Australia. We offer professional IP management services to help our clients manage their IP portfolios to maximise their value and control its costs, while at the same monitoring and responding to the IP of competitors.

For further information please contact Mike Lloyd from the Melbourne Office

IP management in practice

Helpful stories about IP management in practice is found in the Griffith Hack IP Management Insight series, which will discuss real life stories of how IP management has helped companies navigate the complex world of IP. There will also be new and relevant ideas of interest to IP owners.

Issue 1 discusses how a careful process of IP management was able to make a significant reduction in the lifetime renewal fees of an IP portfolio protecting a maturing technology.

Issue 2 discusses what can be required to ensure that innovative technology is effectively transferred between international subsidiaries for a global company.

Issue 3 discusses how an IP management database was used to enable a client to easily and rapidly produce a due-diligence report for the potential buyer of an operating division without the division being aware of the due diligence process.

Issue 4 discusses a perennial issue for all IP owners and managers - what value do registered intellectual property rights provide to their owners?

Issue 5 In this issue we discuss how an IP manager was able to quietly and at minimal cost rebuff an allegation of infringement of a registered design that was recently granted to a competitor.

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