Hey Phil, I'm a lawyer myself, although I don't work with patents. With that said, s18 of the Patent Act might be of some basic assistance to you (going beyond that involves delving into a lot of case law and nuance). For what it's worth, patent applications can be very expensive, and can certainly reach into the tens of thousands of dollars, as application fees need to be met in every country for which you'd like the patent to be applicable.
Whenever it has comes up in the past, we generally outsource our patent work to Phillip Ormonde Fitzpatrick (http://www.pof.com.au) and we've had good experience with them. If you do end up sitting down with someone from there, let them know that my firm sent you. Hope that helps, feel free to shoot me an email if you've got any questions. Kind Regards, Richard Prangell SurviveLaw.com/Kreisson Legal On Jul 28, 11:40 am, Phil Sim <philip...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi folks, can anyone recommend someone I can talk to regarding patents. I'm > hoping to find someone in Sydney who will do the initial consultation free > of change so I can find out if what I'm wanting to do is patentable. > > While I'm here, can you patent this kind of thing: > Let's say you take an existing online process, but you want to apply it to a > particular market in a way that hasn't been done before and then you extend > the overall market with further processes related to that market. > > And can anyone who has been through the process give an idea as to what the > ballpart cost of the patent process is? > > -- > Phil Sim > Chief Executive Officer, > MediaConnect Australia Pty Ltd > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Connect with me <http://about.me/philsim> at > LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/philsim> > or Twitter <http://twitter.com/#!/philipsim> > Follow MediaConnect <http://twitter.com/#!/mediaconnectau> or > Influencing<http://twitter.com/#!/influencingau> on > Twitter > ---------------------------------------------------------------www.mediaconnect.com.au > phi...@mediaconnect.com.au > Ph: +61 2 9894 6277 > Fax: +61 2 8246 6383 > Mobile: 0413889940 > > -- > Phil Sim > Chief Executive Officer, > MediaConnect Australia Pty Ltdwww.mediaconnect.com.au > phi...@mediaconnect.com.au > Ph: +61 2 9894 6277 > Fax: +61 2 8246 6383 > Mobile: 0413889940 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Visting http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
