In this Australian Business Podcast episode your host Owen Rask speaks with Intellectual Property (IP) experts Lachlan Lo and Patrick Johnson from IP Australia. IP Australia is the Australian government body that administers intellectual property rights and legislation relating to patents, trade marks, registered designs and plant breeder's rights in Australia.

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Why does this matter?

Only 4% of small-medium businesses in Australia have a trademark 😬
Talking points:

What is the role of IP Australia and more broadly, what is IP?
Why would a business get a trade mark?
TM Checker
What’s the difference between a trade mark and copyright?
There are a large number of registrations a small business needs to think about when setting their business up - how do trade marks fit in with other business registrations?
Business names
Domain names
Google adwords
Can you tell me more about what a patent is?
You mentioned the look of a coffee pod for a design earlier - how does that differ from a patent?
Plant breeder rights - what the...
A business gets a registered IP - then what?
Enforcing IP
Future of IP protection
Where can our listeners go for more information?
Australian Business Podcast resources
IP Australia website
TM Checker
Owen Rask’s free business course
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