IP Outreach Research > IP Use and Awareness
Reference
| Title: | Innovation in Australian Business 2005 |
| Author: | [Australian Bureau of Statistics] |
| Source: | http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/8158.02005?OpenDocument |
| Year: | 2006 |
Details
| Subject/Type: | IP Protection |
| Focus: | Commercialisation |
| Country/Territory: | Australia |
| Objective: | To find out if and how innovating Australian businesses protect their intellectual property. |
| Sample: | Random sample of approximately 6.800 businesses |
| Methodology: | Mail survey |
Main Findings
During the two calendar years ended December 2005, almost three quarters (73%) of innovating businesses (businesses that introduced or implemented an innovation during the reference period) reported that they had no formal methods in use to protect their intellectual property (IP).
The most often used formal methods of IP protection were copyright/trademarks (used by 20.3% of innovating businesses protecting their IP) and patents (7.3%). The larger a firm the more likely it was to use a formal IP protection method.
68.5% of innovating businesses claimed not to use any informal IP protection methods. The most common informal protections were secrecy (used by 23.2% of innovating businesses protecting their IP), complexity of product design, and making frequent and rapid changes to the good or service.
[Date Added: Nov 20, 2008 ]