Set Up a Company in Australia

Many international entrepreneurs who set up a company in Australia implement Healy Consultants intellectual property (IP) protection services through the use of patented technologies, trademarks and copyrights. Australia has a number of laws in place to protect IP, and the following information will help you decide whether these steps can support your plan to set up a company in Australia.
1.	Creators and inventors who set up a company in Australia have certain exclusive economic rights for a limited time with IP laws favouring entrepreneurs.
2.	IP Australia is the federal government agency responsible for granting rights in patents, trade marks and designs to those who have set up a company in Australia.
3.	For more information on IP and how it applies to those who have set up a company in Australia, visit IP Australia's Smart Start webpages.
4.	A patent is suitable for someone who has set up a company in Australia and wishes to have exclusive rights to any device, substance, method or process which is new, inventive and useful. The owner will then be able to commercially exploit the invention for the life of the patent.
5.	A registered trade mark enables someone who has set up a company in Australia the exclusive legal right to use, license or sell their goods or services in Australia. A trade mark can be in the form of a letter, number, word, phrase, sound, smell, shape, logo, picture, packaging or any combination of the above.
6.	For those who have set up a company in Australia, the registration period for a trademark is initially 10 years and continues indefinitely as long as the renewal fees are paid every 10 years.
7.	International entrepreneurs who have set up a company in Australia, cannot automatically ensure proprietary rights through the registration of a company name. Only a trade mark can give this protection. Anyone who claims to be the owner of a trade mark can apply for registration of that trademark.
8.	Investors and creators who have set up a company in Australia and require legal protection to prevent the unauthorised use of their own original work by others, may utilise a copyright.
9.	For individuals who have set up a company in Australia, registration is not required for copyright protection as it is free. However, it is advisable that owners place a copyright notice in a visible place at their work premises.
Contact Us
For more information on IP for those who have set up a company in Australia, email email@healyconsultants.com or call us in Sydney at +61 280 147 568
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