by AntcliffeScott | Sep 23, 2024 | Brand, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property, IP Rights, Trade marks
Intellectual Property rights are one of the main drivers of innovation, creativity and business growth, and are rising even further in importance as consumers increasingly rely on their perception of a brand to make purchasing decisions. In fact, the significance of...
by AntcliffeScott | Aug 1, 2024 | Business, Directors, Directorship, PPSR
Australia continues to resist falling into “technical” recession – measured as two consecutive quarters of negative growth – and unemployment remains logic-defyingly low. However, our small and medium business clients are telling us that these...
by AntcliffeScott | Jun 6, 2024 | Business, Computer Implemented Inventions (CIIs), Intellectual Property, IP Rights
With the constant development and advancement of digital technologies, we often get asked how computer implemented inventions (CIIs), processes and business systems can be protected. Whether or not CIIs are patentable subject matter is widely debated even by the...
by AntcliffeScott | Apr 28, 2024 | Business, Contracts, Unfair Contracts
As previously discussed in our piece: Unfair Contracts, Resetting the Balance Between Big and Small Businesses, new laws have been passed (effective as of 9 November 2023) that prohibit the use of “unfair contract terms” in standard form small business...
by AntcliffeScott | Feb 29, 2024 | Estate Planning, Wills
We have all heard the saying “You can’t take it with you” and you certainly can’t control your money from the grave. You can of course make arrangements through the making of a Will during your life that will ensure that when you die, the NSW Supreme Court will make...