Harmonising and Matching IPR Holders at IP Australia

Abstract

This document describes the methodology developed by the Melbourne Institute to: (i) harmonise holders of intellectual property rights (IPRs) at IP Australia (applications for patent, designs, trademarks and plant breeder’s rights); (ii) match Australian IPRs holders to the Australian business register; (iii) identify the ultimate owners within Australia; and (iv) identify which holders are small and medium size enterprises.

Keywords: Patent, trademark, design right, plant breeder’s right, harmonizing, name cleaning, Patstat

JEL Classification: O34