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Australia has been a global leader in quantum research for decades, producing world-class discoveries, companies and researchers. Quantum technology has the potential to transform industries including healthcare, telecommunications, defence, finance, cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing.

There has been an increase in quantum patent filings, commercialisation of quantum technologies and more quantum start-ups, indicating significant growth in the sector, not just hype. Quantum computing, quantum sensing and other emerging quantum technologies are showing potential to address many real-world problems and attracting attention from governments and investors. As the sector matures, investors and research organisations, face increasingly important questions around ownership, collaboration, IP, freedom to operate and commercialisation.

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The quantum hype and the role of IP

Australia has been at forefront of quantum research of decades, and we are now seeing the research shift into the real world. This shift has been accompanied by an increase of quantum patent filings, commercialisation of quantum technologies and more quantum start-ups. This indicates a significant growth in the sector, not just hype.

Powering AI infrastructure: energy, renewables and data centres in Australia

Power availability, reliability and cost play a central role in determining where data centres can be built and how they operate. In practice, this has brought energy and AI infrastructure design much closer together than they were even a few years ago, and has resulted in Australia being a key jurisdiction for IP protection in these areas.

Australia’s data centre boom: why tech companies should consider software patenting

Anthropic’s interest in Australian data centres signals the country’s move into the global AI infrastructure mainstream—alongside billions in investment from Amazon Web Services and OpenAI—raising important considerations for how the software powering this growth is protected.

Protecting quantum innovations requires both deep technical expertise and sophisticated IP strategy

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