Case Studies Archive
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Ceres Power: Commercialising innovation through a strong patent strategy
Posted on August 3, 2013Ceres Power is a world leading AIM-quoted alternative energy company based in the UK, developing fuel cell technology for use by original equipment manufacturers and partners organisations committed to developing combined […] -
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Protecting cutting-edge university research through highly effective patent applications
Posted on July 1, 2013A UK University had an ongoing project concerning solar power which had been running for a number of years. Several research papers have been published which means that innovations contained […] -
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PATENTING A KNIFE DESIGN
Posted on June 18, 2013Mark set out to design a knife that addressed all the common problems associated with traditional knives. His company devoted a lot of research and development time to find out […] -
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PATENTING A MEDICAL DEVICE FOR HEARING IMPAIRED
Posted on June 18, 2013In the 1980s Dr Graeme Clarke and a team from the University of Melbourne developed an ear implant to assist hearing-impaired and profoundly deaf people who are unable to benefit […] -
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PATENT LICENSING
Posted on June 18, 2013Cash Engineering Research gains its revenue solely from the sale of air compression technology to massive multinationals based in the US and Europe. Its products are IP – patents and […] -
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MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO PATENT
Posted on June 18, 2013Frank Bannigan, managing director of Kambrook, developed the electrical power board in 1972. The product was hugely successful and was the basis for Kambrook’s growth to become a major producer […] -
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IP RIGHTS IN A BUSINESS NAME: IS IP HOMEWORK NECESSARY?
Posted on June 18, 2013Egg Media Industries is a high-tech multimedia company based in Sydney. In the early days its founders, Matt and Meg, didn’t give IP much thought. THE CHALLENGE: THE COMPANY NAME […] -
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VOLKSWAGEN’S TAKEOVER OF ROLLS-ROYCE: BUYING THE COMPANY BUT NOT THE IP RIGHTS
Posted on June 18, 2013In an extraordinary oversight, VW failed to seek the rights to the Rolls-Royce brand name as part of its pitch for the company. This was despite Rolls-Royce directors having made […] -
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TED PROSSER: AN INVENTOR OF LARGEST SELLING WOOD-CARE PRODUCT
Posted on June 18, 2013Many inventions occur by accident. Ted Prosser, whilst decorating a house, fell off a plank, and dragged his fingers through a solution that he was working with. When he looked up […] -
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CSIRO’S WLAN PATENT STILL PAYING DIVIDENDS
Posted on June 18, 2013Patented in 1996, WLAN, or WiFi as it is commonly known, is now installed in an estimated three billion devices such as laptops, phones, cameras and games consoles. This exponential growth […]