About Lawsearch Australia

Lawsearch Australia is an intellectual property consultancy based in the northern rivers of NSW.

We aim to give our clients the competitive advantage in their industry by providing competitively priced intellectual property services. Lawsearch Australia assists new and existing business to create a complete naming package by registering Company or Business Names, Domain Names and Trade Marks. We also provide enforcement and monitoring services for existing businesses who feel that their intellectual property may have been or be infringed. Our staff have developed proven methods of investigation and gathering evidence against intellectual property infringers. We offer a range of alternatives to litigation, and where necessary work with lawyers in Australia, USA, the EU, South America and China.

We also provide information services to businesses aimed at assisting them to manage their own intellectual property needs by providing Copyright and Trade Mark licences and assignments, and by showing business owners or their employees how to utilise the protective mechanisms made available on the internet and effectively gather evidence in the event of infringement.

Lawsearch Australia will help you gain the competitive edge required in today’s dynamic marketplace.

So What is Intellectual Property?

Intellectual property (IP) is the name generally given to a person’s or companies property rights which are governed by a variety of laws which cover business/company names, patents, trade marks, copyright, designs, domain names, circuit layouts, and plant breeder’s rights.

These intellectual property laws protect the property rights of these creative and innovative endeavours, and give creators and inventors a variety of exclusive economic rights over their creative works, innovations or inventions. As the name suggests intellectual property is property and as such can be sold (sometimes for a great deal of money) or licensed to others. It adds value to the good will of your enterprise.

Some Facts

By registering a business or company name with ASIC or your Office of Fair Trading gives you NO RIGHTS OF OWNERSHIP in that name, others may simply register the same or a similar name. In fact a trade mark holder may take the name from you or worse you may find yourself in breach of an existing trade mark holders rights. It is imperative for any serious business person to ensure their naming rights are protected by using our trade mark registration services.

Unless you have a trade mark that corresponds with your internet domain name the domain name may be taken from you by a competitor or an existing trade mark holder. In fact the only way you can ensure ownership of your domain name is to get trade mark protection.

Trade Marks

Lawsearch Australia assists persons wishing to either protect existing naming rights by applying for a trade mark or by assisting the business owner to search for and find a name that distinctively defines their business.

There are a number of different types and forms of trade marks that can be registered. Our intellectual property consultants will ensure that you get the right trade mark for your business. A trade mark, once registered, is a right that exists for ever. A trade mark adds commercial value to a business and in the age of the internet, the global economy and aggressive business practices is a right that must be considered by all those who want to distinguish their business and maintain a competitive edge.

Copyright

The term Copyright conjures up images of endless legalities and complexities that often deter people from exploring what it is or how it works, when to apply it or what it applies to. Lawsearch Australia can assist business owners to understand this simple form of intellectual property protection and maintain some methods to ensure protection both in Australia and abroad.

Domain Names

We are living through the very birth and infancy of the internet. In a few short years we have seen the internet, e-business and email move from the obscure to the norm. According to readily available information (http://www.internetworldstats.com/sp/au.htm) Australia now has 15.3 million internet users in a population of just 20.6 million people with over 4.7 million individual broadband subscribers. These numbers suggest that the internet is here to stay and that the future of those businesses which are established on the internet is to a large extent assured. In all of this the role of the Domain name is crucial. However, a domain name that may be freely bought and sold can not be owned without the owner having the name registered as a trade mark. Lawsearch Australia assists business owners not only to register domain names but to effectively manage them and to select names that will help them be at the forefront of their industry. We also work very closely with a number of IT consultants and web developers who provide a range of search engine optimisation (SEO) strategies.

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