FOOD

The food processing and packaging industry is Australia's largest manufacturing sector. It is also one of the most consistently innovative industries in Australia and internationally. Intellectual property, including technical know-how and brand value, is a key to success in this sector, particularly for organisations who export value-added products, or technologies, to overseas markets.

Franke Hyland attorneys have collectively spent decades obtaining IP rights for large and small organisations in the food industry. Adam Hyland has also spent 10 years working as a technologist in various roles for large and small food manufacturers prior to commencing his career as a patent attorney. This industry familiarity allow us to quickly understand your technology and your business, and to devise IP protection strategies.

We can assist your organisation, whether large or small, private or public, to protect and manage your IP. Some of the food-related technologies that we have experience in protecting include:

• Food technology and nutrition, including petcare nutrition and processing
• Chocolate and sugar confectionery manufacturing, including panning and enrobing
• Sauce and concentrate manufacture
• Cereal processing, baking and extrusion technology
• Microbiological barrier technology
• Food safety and sterilisation technology, including thermal treatment and UHP processing
• Dairy protein processing
• Raw materials handling
• Packaging technologies including pouches, cans, resealable sachets, paperboard cartons and coatings

We also have experience in protecting:

• Trade marks, including shape trade marks or products and packaging
• Designs, for both packaging and for the food products themselves
• Trade secrets and non-patented technical know-how