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INDUSTRY INSIDER

AGRISTART HARVEST 2.0 AgriStart launched the first Agtech accelerator program, HARVEST, which focuses on late-stage start-ups and SMEs looking to scale their business, attract investment and develop new networks, or explore new export markets. Wrays would like to congratulate AgriStart on such a great initiative and thank them for allowing us to be part of the mentoring program. The work showcased at the pitch session was outstanding, and highlighted the benefits of working in Agtech in Australia. GASTECH 2018 IN BARCELONA Peter Caporn of Wrays recently attended the GasTech 2018 conference in Barcelona as part of Team Australia, a delegation organised by National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) and Global Pathways. GasTech is one of the largest oil and gas conferences in the world attracting more than 30,000 delegates. “This was a bit different for us, being embedded in the delegation and supporting the companies presenting their technologies. The Australian Pavilion was very popular with a constant stream of visitors keen to see what Australia has to offer. Peter and I really enjoyed being part of it”.

In preparing for the conference, Wrays hosted a series of workshops run by Global Pathways, training the delegates in topics such as intellectual property strategy, cultural differences and pitch presentation. We would particularly like to thank John Grohovaz of Global Pathways and Pia Turcinov of NERA for the opportunity to be involved in this pioneering approach to attending overseas conferences. We look forward to doing it again. IPTA UPDATE - INDONESIAN RENEWAL FEES A common way in which patentees decide to abandon their patents is by not paying renewal fees. The Indonesian Patent office differs in that annual renewal fees are payable up until such time a patent is actively abandoned and where such fees are not paid they are considered debt to be settled with the Indonesian Government. This may prevent new patent applications being filed in Indonesia if there is debt for non-payment of renewal fees.

2018 WA IOTY AWARDS

MITSUBISHI CORPORATION EMERGING INNOVATION CATEGORY The University of Western Australia - Dr Mary Webber, Professor Adam Osseiran, Peter Du, Dr Josephine Muir The Noisy Guts multi-disciplinary team created a non- invasive, safe and accurate wearable acoustic belt that can positively diagnose conditions such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). There is currently no test on the market that can positively diagnose IBS, therefore Noisy Guts’ innovative belt records and analyses gut noises and then decodes these sounds to diagnose and monitor common gut disorders. Advanced Transmission Systems Holdings Ltd - Jochen Franke Advanced Transmission Systems Holdings identified an opportunity to improve the performance of many vehicle and industrial equipment technologies. The Universal Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) addresses space constraints present in many engineering application areas where current conventional systems are too large. CVT is an ultra-narrow strapless transmission featuring very high gear ratio and ranges that also significantly improves overall energy or fuel efficiency.

It was our pleasure to be involved again with the WA Innovator of the Year Awards. We are truly passionate about supporting innovation, and we would like to recognise the exceptional work that was conducted this year. In particular, we would like to showcase our clients who were finalists at this year’s awards. MITSUBISHI CORPORATION GROWTH CATEGORY Coplin Corp - Nick Coplin Coplin Corp were recognised for KodeKLIX, a STEM aligned teaching system that allows children as young as eight to learn to develop real-world engineering solutions using customised drag-and-drop coding blocks and snap- together electronics. The innovative platform provides students with the ability to develop skills for real-life scenarios preparing them for the jobs of the future. WOODSIDE OIL & GAS ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD TOKN Trading Pty Ltd - Edwin Lau, Kevin Venter & Clinton Schroeder TOKN Technology created a cost effective platform that makes it easy for any enterprise to deliver digital applications quicker and with less cost. The cloud-based platform technology better connects organisations systems and data, and create digital apps, thereby removing manual processing, task duplication and waste.

T R A D E M A R K N E W S

I s the juice worth the squeeze? Apple thought so. It successfully opposed an Australian trade mark application for “APPLE JUICE” covering solar panels and batteries. Although the primary meaning of the mark was considered to be juice derived from apples, Apple argued it had another meaning: electricity-related products for use with Apple products. Its concern

(and legal grounds for opposing the application) was that consumers could be caused to wonder whether APPLE JUICE solar panels and batteries were associated with or approved by Apple when they were not. These words of the Australian Trade Mark Office sum it up nicely: “These two interpretations are not mutually exclusive. Rather, the double meaning of the expression

may make it more desirable as a trade mark ... owing to a clever play on words.” The lesson? The “clever” use of someone else’s brand (whether intentional or not) is not really that clever.

ADRIAN HUBER Special Counsel

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