News Releases
30 January 2007
The Future of Intellectual Property in the Asia-Pacific Debated
Harmonization of IP laws and processes across borders to reduce red tape, piracy and the counterfeiting in the Asia-Pacific region and the enforcement of IP rights were canvassed yesterday in the concluding Roundtable discussion of Trading Ideas. Full story.
30 January 2007
IP'S Economic Value Highlighted at APEC Symposium
The importance of a robust intellectual property (IP) rights system to the Australian economy has been highlighted by the Hon Bob Baldwin MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. Full story.
28 January 2007
IP Heavyweights Address Global Challenges
Sydney, Australia
More than 500 leading Intellectual Property (IP) policy planners and senior business people who have driven the innovation revolution of recent years are meeting in Sydney to address challenges to the global IP system. Full story
23 January 2007
Global Warming and Intellectual Property: Best not Ignored by Business
The incoming President of the European Patent Office, and one of the key speakers at the Trading Ideas Symposium, knows that just like other major contemporary issues intellectual property (IP) needs to be properly understood and workable strategies developed. Full story
December 2006
WIPO Deputy to Lead Several Sessions at Trading Ideas Symposium
A leading global figure in Intellectual Property (IP) policy development, Mr Francis Gurry, will provide delegates to the Trading Ideas Symposium with his views on current directions in the international IP environment.
“I will be discussing, in particular, the very rapidly changing landscape of IP internationally, politically, economically, technologically and geographically,” Mr. Gurry said from his office in Geneva in preparation for the Sydney event.
Full Story
Japanese Court Judge Highlights Value of International IP Knowledge
Expanding business into the global marketplace offers the potential of lucrative profits, but according to the presiding judge of the IP division at Tokyo District Court, businesses failing to undertake appropriate IP planning can lead to serious failure and financial loss.
“Ignorance of these matters may lead them to bankruptcy,” Justice Ichikawa noted in preparation for his appearance as a key speaker at the Trading Ideas Symposium in Sydney this January. Full Story
11 October 2006
Australian/Asia-Pacific Businesses to Profit from International IP Symposium
Businesses expanding into overseas markets in the APEC region will benefit from Australia’s most significant intellectual property convention - Trading Ideas. Full Story
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Useful Resources and References
Below are additional download-able resources and references that may be useful:
- Trading Ideas logo (colour jpg; 54.8kB)
- Trading Ideas logo (b/w jpg; 44.8kB)
- Symposium brochure (PDF)
- IP Australia's Media Centre
