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A varying need for intellectual property (IP) law protections and expertise has significantly affected the industry's revenue over the past five years. IP lawyers have faced volatile demand from both the health and technology sectors. Although the increased need for health technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic benefited IP lawyers, they have been facing shorter demand for these services post-pandemic. Rises in private research and development (R&D) expenditure and capital expenditure by the private sector have supported the need for IP protections, like trademarks and patents. However, fluctuating business confidence and government funding have restricted activity in certain key sectors, like engineering, over the past few years, limiting intellectual property law’s performance. Industry revenue is expected to have fallen at an annualised 0.8% over the five years through 2024-25, to $1.4 billion. This includes a slight uptick of 0.2% in 2024-25.
Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 0.8 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $1.4bn in 2024.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2025 | Revenue ($m)
2025 |
---|---|---|
IPH | 213.1 | |
Qantm IP | 139.8 |
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Patents, Design registrations and Copyright and trademark services. Patents is the largest segment of the Trademark and Patent Lawyers and Attorneys in Australia.
Heightening cyber-attack concerns are driving interest in secrecy and confidentiality agreements
Legal practitioners (lawyers or attorneys) in the industry primarily provide legal services related to intellectual property law, like patent and trademark filing, maintenance and litigation.
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The market size of the Trademark and Patent Lawyers and Attorneys industry in Australia is $1.4bn in 2024.
There are 1,601 businesses in the Trademark and Patent Lawyers and Attorneys industry in Australia, which has grown at a CAGR of 0.6 % between 2019 and 2024.
The market size of the Trademark and Patent Lawyers and Attorneys industry in Australia has been declining at a CAGR of 0.8 % between 2019 and 2024.
Over the next five years, the Trademark and Patent Lawyers and Attorneys industry in Australia is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Trademark and Patent Lawyers and Attorneys market in Australia are IPH and Qantm IP
Copyright and trademark services and Secrecy and confidentiality agreements are part of the Trademark and Patent Lawyers and Attorneys industry.
The company holding the most market share in Australia is IPH.
The level of competition is high and steady in the Trademark and Patent Lawyers and Attorneys industry in Australia.