Intellectual Property

Businesses will continue to be challenged by a host of legislative changes as intellectual property laws are reformed in a bid to keep up with the rapidly changing global environment and the increasing importance of intellectual property in Australia’s goal to be a knowledge economy.

Corrs’ international award-winning IP team will guide companies as Australian patent law is brought more in line with European standards and improved border protection measures and new offences are introduced to more effectively target counterfeiting and piracy. A review of Australian copyright law is also expected and the debate over patent protection for gene patents is unlikely to abate.