IP protection can be a critical success factor in the launch of a new product or a new venture. Obtaining comprehensive IP protection can also be burdensome at these early stages, from both a planning and budgetary perspective. The planning and budgetary challenges often encountered when protecting IP for a new product or a new venture can be managed by taking a focussed and strategic view of your business’ objectives. We gain a comprehensive overview of your IP needs and can plan and stage IP rights protection to meet your business’ commercial objectives. We understand the need for budgeting and time critical services and we provide fixed price services whenever possible.

IP Strategy

Chiliad’s IP strategy services provide a roadmap on which (which type of IP right), where (positioning and scope of IP rights), why (benefits and drawbacks) and how (timing of actions for obtaining IP rights) to protect IP for a technology, product or business. Our IP strategy services directly complement a business’s commercial strategies.

Our services include planning for strategic investment in available IP (‘white space’), IP protection strategies for brand families, platform technologies (technologies with broad reaching applications) or product pipelines (suites of similar products or products with planned enhancements), and commercialisation strategies for exploiting existing IP (including revenue model and business model development).

Our services are customised on a case by case basis, however they often include IP audits, freedom to operate analysis (based on commercialisation strategy or go to market strategy), IP protection Gantt charting (aligning timing, costs and IP rights), and IP protection strategies. Our strategy services are often coupled with searching services which provide an evidence basis for our strategy and advice.

Trade Marks

Trade mark registration offers the ability to protect your branding and the goodwill associated with your brand. Business name registration and domain name registration unfortunately do not provide brand protection, but trade mark protection can. 

We provide Australian, New Zealand and international trade mark filing, prosecution and registration services. We welcome both Australian and international clients and foreign Attorneys. 

Patents

Patent protection offers the exclusive right to the use and exploit the unique functionality of a new technology. To be eligible to be granted a patent, a technology must be novel and inventive and otherwise comply with the Patents Act and Regulations.

We provide Australian, New Zealand and international patent filing, prosecution and registration services and any other assistance relating to compliance with the Australian or New Zealand Patents Act and Regulations. We welcome both Australian and international clients and foreign Attorneys.

Designs

Design protection offers the exclusive rights to use and exploit the unique aesthetic appearance of a new product, a new product component or a product’s new packaging. Design registration offers a cost effective option for IP protection as a design can be registered (but not enforced) without the need for substantive examination of an application for compliance with the Designs Act and Regulations.

We provide Australian, New Zealand and international designs searching, filing, prosecution and registration services. We welcome both Australian and international clients and foreign Attorneys.

Domains

We provide advice on domain name registration and acquisition, and advice on the resolution of E-commerce disputes.

Industries

We work across a breadth of industries including digital industries, e-commerce, pharmaceutical and medical industries, education industries, consumer products, manufacturing, social innovation, and financial and professional services industries.

We can provide IP rights filing services, searching services, consulting and advisory services on a fixed cost basis. To obtain a cost for your specific circumstances please contact us with your query.