IP Australia is an Australian Government agency, responsible for administering intellectual property law in Australia. The agency manages the registration of patents, trade marks, registered designs and plant breeder's rights in Australia. The agency sits under the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. From 1904 until 1998, the responsible government agency was called the Australian Patent Office (APO), which is now a division within IP Australia. The headquarters are located at Discovery House in Canberra, Australia, with offices in some capital cities. IP Australia has been an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) for patent applications filed in accordance with the Patent Co-operation Treaty since 31 March 1980. Australia is also a member of the Madrid system for trade marks, the Paris Convention for designs and the UPOV for plant breeder's rights. More information...
According to PR-model, ipaustralia.gov.au is ranked 22,237th in multilingual Wikipedia, in particular this website is ranked 13,671st in English Wikipedia.
The website is placed before glz.co.il and after fabwags.com in the BestRef global ranking of the most important sources of Wikipedia.
