Procuring patent protection for new medical devices and equipment is well known and the legal principles for achieving such protection for novel and inventive devices are relatively similar across major international jurisdictions. However, for the category of patentable inventions includes methods or processes which involve...
Are you attending INTA 2019? Next month, Kellie Jukkola and Andy Mukherji will be in Boston to attend the 141st Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association. The INTA Annual meeting is the largest gathering of trademark professionals and provides the latest content and information about trends...
2018 has been a fantastic year for MBIP. We have experienced growth, challenges and new opportunities. Among the many highlights, we’ve had new team members join: Jeremy Moller, Kellie Jukkola, Brendan Nugent, Catherine Heuser and Tracey Langdale. We would also like to thank and congratulate all our...
Michael will be in Seattle to attend the 140thAnnual Meeting of the International Trademark Association in May, and will be available to meet during this time. The INTA meeting is the world’s largest and most widely attended trademark event, providing the opportunity for IP professionals to...
Australians are becoming increasingly sophisticated about intellectual property. It's great to see traders registering their business names (because the government says they have to) and registering those business names as trade marks (because that's the only way they have proprietary rights to the business name). The...
It's been an exciting time for us. When I say "us" I mean my dear wife and helper here Megan and me and also Nel, who's recently joined us and is giving us a hand on the admin side of things. Exciting because we've just...