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Griffith Hack is one of Australia’s leading providers of intellectual property services. For over 120 years, our multi-disciplinary team of patent attorneys, trade marks attorneys and intellectual property lawyers have partnered with organisations and individuals to identify, protect and realise the value of their ideas and innovations.
Griffith Hack comprises the companies GH PTM Pty Ltd and GH Law Pty Ltd, which are owned by IPH Limited, a public company that is the holding company for an international network of intellectual property professional services and adjacent businesses which operate under different brands in a range of jurisdictions (each a “Group Business”). The other Group Businesses within the IPH Limited group are AJ Park, ROBIC, Smart & Biggar and Spruson & Ferguson.
For the purposes of the Australian and New Zealand Code of Conduct for Trans-Tasman Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys 2018, GH PTM Pty Ltd is an incorporated registered patent and trade mark attorney, and a member of an ‘ownership group’ within the meaning of the Code. For further information, see Ownership Group and our Group Relationship Statement.
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Insights Jul 15, 2026
Calix and ZESTY: Scaling zero-emissions steel through platform technology and IP
Decarbonising heavy industry requires more than incremental improvements, it demands fundamentally new process technologies that can be deployed rapidly and at scale. With IP at the core of their practice, Griffith Hack client Calix is addressing this challenge through the development of its platform flash calcination technology designed to transform how industrial heating and mineral processing are performed.
Read moreFrom Raygun to Taylor Swift – How IP laws protect the person and the brand
It may not have been worthy of a gold medal, but it didn’t take long for Australian break dancer Raygun to realise her performance at the Paris Olympic Games was unique. Deemed a performance flop not just by the judges but by viewers around the world, comedians saw an opportunity and attempted to use her image and moves in stage shows and musicals as Raygun’s fame rose in the weeks and months after the performance in 2024.
Read moreComputer-implemented invention examination guidelines updated
On 3 July 2026, IP Australia updated Section 5.6.8.6 of the Patent Manual of Practice and Procedure (“PMPP”) relating to the patentability of computer-implemented inventions. The updates are in response to to IP Australia’s public consultation regarding an earlier update to the PMPP in March 2026.
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