IP Outreach Research > IP Use and Awareness
Reference
Title: | Innovation in Australian Business 2006-07 |
Author: | [Australian Bureau of Statistics] |
Source: | http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/8158.02006-07?OpenDocument |
Year: | 2008 |
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 9.700 businesses |
Methodology: | Mail survey |
Main Findings
During the two calendar years ended December 2007, almost three quarters (73.8%) of innovating businesses (businesses that introduced or implemented an innovation during the reference period) reported that they had no formal or informal methods in use to protect their intellectual property (IP). The percentage of businesses choosing to protect their IP was highest in professional, scientific and technical services (50%), and lowest in the transport, postal and warehousing sector (under 10%).
The most often used formal methods of IP protection were copyright/trademarks (used by 13.2% of innovating businesses protecting their IP), patents (3.8%) and registrations of design (3.7%). The larger a firm the more likely it was to use a formal IP protection method.
Informal IP protection methods used were secrecy/confidentiality agreements (used by 16.1% of innovating businesses protecting their IP) and complexity of product design (3.2%).
[Date Added: Nov 20, 2008 ]