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Navigating Australia's Toughening Tax Controversy Landscape (Video)

Explore Jones Day's comprehensive video series on navigating complex tax controversies across multiple jurisdictions, featuring expert insights on IRS strategies, economic substance doctrine, and the evolving global tax dispute landscape. Discover practical guidance on managing multijurisdictional tax challenges in Australia, Europe, and beyond, alongside specialized content on cross-border trade secrets and private credit infrastructure funding.

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Jones Day

Hugging Face, Anthropic And AI Agents: Practical Lessons For Innovators

The recent Hugging Face/OpenAI incident reveals critical lessons about AI agent security and confidential information exposure. When AI systems gain access to internal repositories containing source code, patent materials, and trade secrets, businesses face unprecedented risks that require deliberate controls and IP-focused governance before deployment.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Practitioners must keep pace with SE Asia's IP modernisation

Pactitioners must adapt to process changes within IP systems, as well as be mindful of the implications of tech on their practices.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Generative AI And IP: Key Legal Considerations For Australian Businesses

Learn how existing laws apply and how to safeguard your organisation's IP rights.

Australia Technology

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Understanding intellectual property in the construction industry

Australia Real Estate

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Holding Redlich

Latest Statistics In The 2025 IP Australia Intellectual Property Report

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Spruson & Ferguson

Intellectual property in commercial contract templates

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Holding Redlich

Australia | Design protection: IP Australia's bold reforms for the Digital Age

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Spruson & Ferguson

Being assertive comes at a price – IP Australia fee hike

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McCabes

Game of phones: 7 things to consider when developing an app

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LegalVision

Native Extracts v Plant Extracts: essential elements of confidential information claims

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Piper Alderman

Navigating intellectual property rights: Alex and Jordan's strategic edge in innovation

Australia Real Estate

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Sajen Legal

Pouring over patents: A look at non-alcoholic beer inventions

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Spruson & Ferguson

It Depends – What is a non-disclosure agreement?

Australia Commercial

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Cooper Grace Ward

Australia’s Visa Processing Priorities: Sponsored Regional Work, Healthcare And Teaching

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Resident Return Visa And ‘Bridging Visa B’ Fees Triple For Return Travel To Australia

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Insights Into The State Of Commercial Property Market (Podcast)

Australia Real Estate

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Cathro & Partners

What Should Employers Look For When Choosing A Workplace Investigator? (Video)

Australia Employment

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Ius Laboris

Government Reprioritises Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries, Construction And Teaching For Australian Skilled Migration

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

IP arbitration gaining momentum in Australia for good reason

Arbitration has significant advantages which could be mutually beneficial to parties in the resolution of IP disputes.

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

The Pokémon Company International, Inc v Pokemon Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 1561: The importance of an intellectual property protection strategy

The decision is a timely example of how acting expeditiously to protect your intellectual property is imperative.

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Piper Alderman

Intellectual property rights in the Commonwealth Government – what you need to know

To fully optimise the benefits of IP assets, all government agencies must ensure that their IP is properly protected.

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Holding Redlich

IP protection in the food industry in Australia and New Zealand

Protecting IP in the food service industry requires a coordinated strategy.

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Spruson & Ferguson

NSW Government Bulletin - Part 1: Managing intellectual property rights in NSW government agencies

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Holding Redlich

Fair Work upholds decision to dismiss for IP disclosure

Australia Employment

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

A brief guide to navigating the complexities of trade secrets vs patent protection

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Spruson & Ferguson

High Growth SMEs And A Mix Of IPRs

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Dehns

Intellectual property breaches warranted employee being summarily dismissed

Australia Employment

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People + Culture Strategies

Case Note: Is Your NDA Enforceable?

Australia Litigation

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Davies Collison Cave

The data economy – how does it impact my business?

Australia Privacy

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Holding Redlich

Intellectual property and departing employees: key considerations for business

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Invention Protection: The Decision To Patent Or Rely On A Trade Secret

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Davies Collison Cave

Say hello to the new online portal for small and medium enterprises

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Spruson & Ferguson

The data economy – how does it impact my business?

How is data protected and what can businesses do to identify risks and opportunities of participating in the data economy?

Australia Privacy

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Holding Redlich

Intellectual property and departing employees: key considerations for business

Your staff, confidential information and intellectual property (IP) are often the most valuable assets in a business.

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Invention Protection: The Decision To Patent Or Rely On A Trade Secret

A common but complex problem facing businesses seeking to commercially benefit from an invention is how to protect the invention for their own use.

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Davies Collison Cave

Say hello to the new online portal for small and medium enterprises

IP Australia launched a new IP portal for SMES. Article discusses & contains a link to the portal.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Protecting your IP assets: key issues for tech start-ups and emerging companies

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

How effective is the confidentiality clause in your email footer?

This recent decision is a cautionary tale about the effectiveness of generic confidentiality clauses in email footers.

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

The role of IP in innovation

A strategic, planned, and holistic approach to the use of IP tools in the innovation process is critical for success.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Does legal ownership of intangibles and intellectual properties equate to economic ownership?

Examination of OECD guidelines related to intangibles & IP, including entitlement of the legal owner to the associated profits.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Protect the intellectual property in your website

Your website can represent a significant danger to your own IP and a potential source of exposure to litigation by others. .

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Swaab

Confidentiality in court – when is the implied undertaking sufficient?

Australia Litigation

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McCullough Robertson

Intellectual property theft: A problem for Google and Uber

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KordaMentha

Getting your house in order: how IP due diligence pays off

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DibbsBarker

Maximise your IP to maximise your value: the relationship between intellectual property and franchise value

Australia Commercial

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Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

But I want to keep making it! Who owns a signature dish when the chef responsible moves on?

Australia Employment

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Clayton Utz

Former directors need to watch their step

Australia Commercial

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Swaab

5 simple steps to protect your trade secrets [Focus on staff]

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Metis Law

Virtual Reality, Facebook, and a costly Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

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Spruson & Ferguson

Just Group Ltd's too broad restraint of trade struck out

Australia Employment

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Pointon Partners

The cost of dealing with employee information theft

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Clayton Utz

Restraints of trade have never been more enforceable

Australia Employment

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Madgwicks

Ex-employer enforces confidentiality obligations

Australia Employment

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Pointon Partners

Restraints of trade have never been more enforceable

Australia Employment

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Madgwicks

The strategic marketing of innovation

Australia Strategy

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Swaab

Five intellectual property tips for start-up companies

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Madgwicks

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Jones Day

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