Latest Intellectual Property News

NoviqTech is seeking shareholder approval to acquire software and source code used by its Carbon Central and Fuel Central platforms from an entity associated with former director Freddy El Turk. Until the vote, the company has only an interim licence, creating a clear continuity risk if approval is not secured.

ION Video has secured an oversubscribed $4.25 million placement to fund independent trials of its video technology, with directors and management committing a further $1.2 million subject to shareholder approval. The capital will be used to test whether ION’s architecture can deliver measurable technical and financial benefits in real operating environments.

Basin Energy has secured a three-year research collaboration with James Cook University to investigate improved extraction and recovery of heavy rare earths at its Sybella-Barkly project. The deal carries no cash payment, but JCU will own the resulting project intellectual property and data.

Lithium Universe has secured selection for a proposed four-year Industry PhD project with Macquarie University and CSIRO to develop microwave-assisted recycling of end-of-life solar panels. The collaboration could strengthen the company’s technology pathway, but its grant, agreement and commercial outcomes remain unconfirmed.

Sparc Technologies has reported a 25% reduction in corrosion creep after adding HydroGraph’s Fractal Graphene to its ecosparc protective coating. The result strengthens the commercial case, but a definitive supply agreement remains conditional on longer testing due in November.

Netwealth will acquire AI advice platform Paradino for up to $29 million and invest a further $10 million to scale the business. The deal extends Netwealth beyond platform administration into advice production, while Paradino remains loss-making and separately reported.

Adisyn says the USPTO has allowed its third US patent application, extending its graphene deposition claims from metallic surfaces to non-metallic semiconductor materials. The allowed claims also include low-temperature processing and in-process quality checks, although commercial adoption remains unconfirmed.

Dimerix has secured Mexican composition of matter protection for its Phase 2-ready kidney drug DMX-652 until June 2041. The grant expands the asset’s patent estate ahead of planned clinical testing in acute kidney injury, although it brings no new clinical data or regulatory approval.

Wide Open Agriculture has signed three additional non-binding framework agreements with prospective contract manufacturers in Vietnam, India and Indonesia, bringing its shortlist to four. The agreements protect WOA’s lupin intellectual property while technical and commercial feasibility work begins, but stop well short of securing production or revenue.

Dubber AI has agreed to acquire selected Daisee assets, including customer contracts and conversation intelligence technology, for up to A$1.25 million. The deal brings Daisee's nearly A$1.7 million of annual recurring revenue into a contact centre AI platform focused on insurance and financial services.

Phoslock Environmental Technologies has advanced a new range of lanthanum-enhanced phosphorus-binding products showing up to four times the capacity of current offerings, with pilot and manufacturing tests confirming strong performance and low lanthanum release. Field trials are underway, aiming for commercial sales in 2027.

Codrus Minerals Limited posted a $1.41 million loss for FY26 as it confirmed gold and molybdenum mineralisation at Bull Run, rationalised its portfolio, and secured a binding acquisition of EdgeMet with a $2.5 million capital raise underway.