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Sydney Office Change of Address

The address of our Sydney office has changed to Level 20 Tower A Zenith Centre 821 Pacific Highway Chatswood NSW 2067.

Our telephone and fax numbers remain unchanged.

Universities do not necessarily own researcher's inventions

The Federal court has issued a decision relating to employee researchers, typically academics.

EPO Fees increased on 1 April 2008

The official fees charged by the European Patent Office (EPO) increased on 1 April 2008. Generally, all the fees increased by about 5-10%. However, the claim fees at filing and the renewal fees increased by more than this.

New .ASIA Domain goes live

The new .ASIA Domain has gone live effective 26 March 2008.

The staged allocation of domain names that was limited to governments and owners of existing trade mark registrations has ended and any domain name available is now available on a first come first served basis.

For more infomation contact us or visit http://www.dotasia.org

Need to file search results removed

The need to file search results on Australian Patent Applications has, in effect, been abolished as of 22 October 2007 by an amendment of the regulations which excludes all search results. This applies even if the search results are overdue but could be filed with extension fees after 22 October 2007.