- Apply for a patent
- Apply for an industrial design (equivalent to a U.S. design patent)
- Apply for a trademark
Australia is a member of the Paris Convention, and a Contracting State of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and the Madrid Protocol. In addition, its national IP office, IP Australia, participates in various worksharing and other cooperative programs with the USPTO. Below you will find helpful resources with information about Australia’s participation in these treaties and programs.
Treaties that help facilitate IP filings
Paris Convention (possibility of securing “priority” for overseas IP filings)
Patent Cooperation Treaty (international patent applications)
Madrid Protocol (international trademark applications)
Worksharing and other cooperative arrangements
Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) (accelerated prosecution)
Priority Document Exchange (electronic transmission of certain filing documents)
Global Dossier (display of information about patent applications in multiple countries)
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