Contacts
Useful contacts
IP Australia can provide useful information if you are:- seeking formal IP protection via patents, trade marks, designs and plant breeder’s rights
- disputing or opposing a patent, trade mark or design
- researching existing IP documents and searching patents, trade marks, designs or plant breeder’s rights databases
- interested in promoting IP within your organisation.
| What | Who | How |
| Business names | Contact the relevant government body in your state or territory | Australian Capital Territory 02 6207 0461 www.rgo.act.gov.au |
| New South Wales 13 32 20 www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au | ||
| Northern Territory 08 8982 1700 www.tbc.nt.gov.au | ||
| Queensland 13 13 04 www.fairtrading.qld.gov.au | ||
| South Australia 1300 138 918 www.ocba.sa.gov.au | ||
| Tasmania 03 6233 2225 www.consumer.tas.gov.au | ||
| Victoria 1300 558 181 www.consumer.vic.gov.au | ||
| Western Australia 1300 304 014 www.docep.wa.gov.au/bizline | ||
| Company names | Australian Securities and Investments Commission | 1300 300 630 www.asic.gov.au |
| Copyright | Australian Copyright Council | 02 9318 1788 www.copyright.org.au |
| Attorney-General’s Department Copyright Law Branch | 02 6250 6655 www.ag.gov.au Copyright page link) | |
| Industry representation | Council of Textiles and Fashion Industries of Australia | 03 9866 8962 www.tfia.com.au |
| Australian Fashion Council | 03 9866 8962 www.australianfashioncouncil.com | |
| Internet domain names | .au Domain Administration | 1300 732 929 www.auda.com.au |
| Inventors association | Contact the Inventors Association in your state or territory | www.inventors.asn.au |
| IP lawyers | Contact the Law Society in your state or territory | |
| Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand | www.ipsanz.com.au | |
| Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand | www.lesanz.org.au | |
| IP research | Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia | 03 8344 1127 www.ipria.org |
| IP rights associations and interest groups | Australian Design Awards | 02 8206 6090 www.designawards.com.au |
| Australian Graphic Design Association | 02 9955 3955 www.agda.com.au | |
| The Australian Manufacturers of Patents, Industrial Designs, Copyright and Trade Mark Association | 02 9458 7416 | |
| Patent and trade mark attorneys | Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia | 03 9857 0311 1800 804 536 www.ipta.com.au |
| Professional Standards Board | 02 6283 2345 www.psb.gov.au | |
| Patents, trade marks, designs and plant breeder’s rights | IP Australia IP Australia has a range of resources including:
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1300 651 010 www.ipaustralia.gov.au |
