by AntcliffeScott | Oct 22, 2023 | Business, Finance, Insolvency, Liquidation, PPSR
Recent statistics released by ASIC show that 7,942 Australian businesses entered into external administration during the 2022-23 financial year. This represented an increase of nearly 50% compared to the previous year, and one that was particularly felt in the...
by AntcliffeScott | Aug 4, 2023 | Brand, Business, Goodwill, Intangible Assets, Trade marks
Goodwill has a long history in case law in Australia and the Commonwealth legal system. In IRC v Muller & Co Margarine Ltd (1901) AC 217 at 223 – 224, Lord MacNaghten described goodwill: “What is goodwill? It is a thing very easy to describe, very...
by AntcliffeScott | Feb 7, 2023 | Business, Cash Flow, PPSR, Risk Management
Register It! Over the past few years, we have written on several occasions about the importance of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (PPSA). The PPSR is one of the primary risk management tools that can help protect your business against unexpected issues such...
by AntcliffeScott | Dec 20, 2022 | Brand, Business, Business Growth, Industrial Design, Intangible Assets, Intellectual Property, IP Rights, Trade marks
What is your brand design and style worth to your business? In our three-part series How to Protect and Commercialise Industrial Design we looked at how IP works, explored the four primary forms of IP protection and explored the importance of protecting your designs...
by AntcliffeScott | Dec 6, 2022 | Brand, Business, Business Growth, Industrial Design, Intangible Assets, Intellectual Property, IP Rights, Trade marks
What is your brand design and style worth to your business? In the first part of our series How to Protect and Commercialise Industrial Design, we discussed the importance of protecting your designs in order to solidify the commercial value your intellectual property...
by AntcliffeScott | Nov 16, 2022 | Business, Company News, Contracts, General, Unfair Contracts
Big businesses that use unfair standard form contracts with small firms and consumers will have approximately 12 months to rewrite their agreements before they face substantial penalties for the first time. On 27th October 2022, Parliament passed new laws prohibiting...
