In Thaler v. Commissioner of Patents, case number VID 108 of 2021, in the Federal Court of Australia, an Australian Federal Judge became the first known jurist to rule that inventions developed by ...

The surprising stories behind four helpful household inventions to improve home life: Gilbert Toyne created an Aussie backyard icon - the rotary clothes hoist - only to have it made famous by someone ...

The Hills Hoist and the Ute are distinctively Australian. The black box flight recorder, the baby safety capsule, and the Begg orthodontic technique are less predictable members of the top 100 ...

Australia has a robust patent regime that offers effective and potentially broad protection for an ever increasing range of inventions. Scott Berggren, Greg Gurr and Martin O'Brien of Spruson & ...

And now we’ve come up with a bionic eye that could change life for millions of blind people. The groundbreaking project has earned $500,000 in government funding and trials will follow before a larger ...

Here comes the ideas boom, ready or not. The Australian government's flashy National Innovation and Science Agenda a.k.a. "ideas boom" is relatively new, but Australians can't help but get on board.

Wi-Fi, Google Maps, black box flight recorders, the electric drill, cochlear implants are just some famous inventions that have origins in Australia. And there are plenty of young Aussies who are ...

But the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is one of a host of government agencies bracing for deep funding cuts in tomorrow’s budget, which could see them lose up to ...

A recent Australian legal decision means that, unless faculty members are bound by an assignment or intellectual property policy, they may own inventions resulting from their research. Whether an ...

The New Inventors is an Australian television show, broadcast on ABC1, and hosted by broadcaster and comedian James O'Loghlin. Each episode features three Australian inventions and short video tape ...