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Searching for a strategy under uncertain designs law

Managing IP Correspondent
May 31, 2014
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Wayne Slater and Daniel Rosenthal of IP Gateway ask whether GUIs and icons are suitable subject matter for protection under Australian designs law, and advise on strategies to deal with them

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