Australia - Public consultation on incorporation of Patent and Trademark Attorneys

IP Australia is requesting submissions on the preferred incorporation model for patent and trade mark attorneys.

“The proposed model provides for individual patent attorneys to retain personal responsibility for discipline and complaints; a Code of conduct to apply to all individual attorneys within a company; and an incorporated patent attorney company must have at least one director who is a registered patent attorney. There will also be a compulsory requirement for all patent attorneys whether they are incorporated or not to have professional indemnity insurance.”

The consultation paper can be found here. Comments are sought by 30 November 2007.

Further Information

IP Australia news - Consultation on the Incorporation of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys

IP Australia - Consultation Paper Incorporation of Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys