About IPHQ

The latest news & insights in intellectual property from one of the world’s leading IP services group

IPHQ is a news platform from IPH Limited, a market-leading intellectual property services group with seven member firms and over 1,800 people working in Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore & Thailand.

IPHQ provides updates, commentary and opinions on the latest issues and major events impacting the global IP and innovation sector. With expert insight provided by our network of 1000+ patent attorneys, trademark attorneys, IP lawyers and innovation leaders, IPHQ aims to provide a unique and comprehensive perspective that informs those in the IP, innovation, emerging tech and sustainability sectors – and beyond.

Our network of IP professionals come from a broad range of technical backgrounds, many with deep industry, research and academic experience. They are also at the coalface of the IP industry and are uniquely positioned to understand the impact of global events on all aspects of IP.

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Your feedback is welcomed and we encourage you to contact our team at [email protected] with any questions, suggested topics or external submissions.

About IPH Limited

IPH Limited is an intellectual property services group comprising of an international network of member firms working across ten IP jurisdictions, with clients in more than 25 countries.

The group includes leading IP firms AJ Park, Griffith Hack,  Pizzeys, ROBIC, Smart & Biggar, and Spruson & Ferguson, as well as IP business Applied Marks, an online automated trade mark application platform.

The group employs more than 1,800 people working in Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Group relationships

IPH Limited is a public company that is the holding company for an international network of intellectual property professional services and adjacent businesses which operate under different brands in a range of jurisdictions.

Each of the IPH group professional services attorney businesses of AJ Park, Griffith Hack, Pizzeys , ROBIC, Smart & Biggar and Spruson & Ferguson operate independently from one another in the provision to clients of attorney professional services.* The Applied Marks business operates independently from each of the IPH group professional services attorney businesses but may refer clients to those businesses for the provision of certain services.

*A group business may in some cases engage or be engaged by another group business as a foreign agent or lawyer.

For more information on the key principles to which each IPH group business adheres with respect to independence, appropriate disclosure of group relationships and the management of actual or potential conflicts of interest see our Group Relationships Statement.

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