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A trade mark in the European Union (EU) is a crucial asset that grants businesses exclusive rights over their brand across all 27 EU member states. For Australian businesses expanding into the European market, securing an EU trade mark is a significant milestone. However, obtaining registration is just the first step—maintaining and renewing your trade mark is essential to safeguarding your brand’s integrity and commercial value.

In celebration of World Intellectual Property Day 2025, which this year carries the theme “IP and Music: Feel the Beat of IP”, IP Solved supports greater awareness around the role intellectual property plays in the global music ecosystem.

The Top 100 Global Innovators 2025 report by Clarivate identifies the world’s most influential companies shaping the future through technological advancements and strategic intellectual property (IP) management. The list is based on rigorous criteria, including patent volume, success rate, influence, and global reach. This year’s innovators reflect a strong focus on sustainability, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital transformation across industries.

Securing a patent is a critical step in protecting your intellectual property, but many inventors make avoidable mistakes that can jeopardise their applications. Here are some common pitfalls that can weaken—or even invalidate—your patent.

IP Solved is proud to announce the launch of Regional IP, a new service dedicated to protecting the intellectual property of regional businesses driving innovation in agriculture, engineering, retailing and support services.

The video game industry is a multi-billion-dollar market, and protecting intellectual property (IP) is crucial for game developers, publishers, and hardware manufacturers. From game software and branding to gaming consoles and accessories, businesses in this space must navigate a complex web of IP rights to secure their innovations and maintain a competitive edge.

At IP Solved, we work closely with companies to help them develop and implement their IP strategies in China—a market full of opportunity, but also significant legal risk if IP isn’t properly protected.

Germany’s top court has ruled that Birkenstock’s iconic sandals do not qualify as works of art and therefore do not receive copyright protection under German law, highlighting the importance of Trade Mark, Patent and Design Registrations for companies seeking to protect their products from imitation.

While many app creators focus on trade marks and patents, design rights offer another powerful way to stop competitors from copying the visual elements of an app.