Predictable, English-language and strict on distinctiveness. The trap here is stale advice: a well-known shortcut that used to exist has been closed.
The innovation patent has been abolished, so a standard patent is the only route. Designs sit outside Hague and must be certified before they can be enforced.
The innovation patent — Australia's fast, unexamined second-tier right — has been phased out. Advice written before that change still circulates online. Standard patents are now the only route.
Designs must be filed nationally. The term is shorter than most of Asia, and a design has to be examined and certified before you can enforce it against anyone.
Australia allows a grace period for disclosures made shortly before filing. It is a genuine safety net here — and relying on it usually destroys your rights everywhere else in the region.
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