Guide for Australian Patent Application Process

Australia Profile

Australia, or the Commonwealth of Australia, is the country that includes mainland Australia, Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the sixth largest country in the world with a total area of 7,692,024 square kilometers. Neighboring countries to the north include Indonesia, Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the northeast; and New Zealand to the southeast. The capital of Australia is Canberra and the largest city is Sydney.

Australian Intellectual Property Legal System

• "Patent Law"
• "Patent Rules"
• "trademark law"
• Trade Marks Ordinance
• "Designs Act"
• "Designs Regulations"
• The Plant Breeders Bill of Rights
• Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations

International Organization/Agreement

• Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
• Patent Law Treaty
• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
• WIPO Copyright Treaty
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
• Brussels Convention on the Sending of Program Signals for Satellite Transmissions
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
• Patent Cooperation Treaty
• "Strasbourg Agreement S on the International Patent Classification"
• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
• "Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization"
• Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property