KEEPING COMPETITORS AT BAY
Power of a pending patent application
By Simon Reynolds
Senior Associate Patent Attorney
Davies Ciollison Cave
INNOVATION keeps your business ahead of the competition. There are various intellectual property rights that can be used to protect an innovation. A patent is one of the traditional tools to stop competitor copying.
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BLACKTOWN NAME CHANGE FIASCO
$80,000 to discover the obvious
A WASTE of time and money is how Blacktown City Council Mayor Stephen Bali has described the push to change the name of the city.
SOLUTIONS FOR NORWEST BOULEVARDE
Growth hindered by crippling congestion
ECONOMIC growth of Norwest Business Park is being hindered by crippling traffic congestion prompting Hills Shire Mayor Dr Michelle Byrne to ask the NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay to fast-track any investigation or potential solution for the state road.
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PENRITH TARGETS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
Big ideas for investment
INDIA'S Acting Consul General Dr Vinod Bahade attended an event held at Penrith RSL on February 15 where business leaders heard how Penrith is looking to international markets to boost jobs and investment in the City.
NEW VIBES AT EAT ST
A refined visitor experience
PARRAMATTA'S Eat Street will be closed to traffic and brought to life with markets, kids’ activities and live music on Saturdays from January until April 2.
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GRANVILLE TRAIN DISASTER
Claim that unsafe train allowed to run
By Di Bartok
AN official state government apology to survivors and the bereaved of Australia’s deadliest rail disaster would be a fitting way to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the “preventable accident”, says Barry Gobbe, the first ambulance officer on the scene.
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ANITA COBBY'S LEGACY
Grace’s Place closer to reality
THE legacy of Anita Cobby, the young Blacktown nurse so brutally murdered 30 years ago, lives on with wide emotional and financial support coming forward for a treatment centre for child victims of homicide.
