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What's the dish on dishwashing trade marks?
The recent Federal Court case of RB (Hygiene Home) Australia Pty Ltd v Henkel Australia Pty Ltd canvasses a number of trade mark-related issues. In this Insight, we focus on a particularly interesting aspect of the decision – whether the applicant had used its registered marks 'as trade marks' ...
Global trends in intellectual property
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently published two reports identifying key hotspots for innovation, and key markets for patent, trade mark and design filing. ...
McDonald's gets bite taken out of trade mark portfolio
The European Union Intellectual Property Office recently revoked the McDonald's 'BIG MAC' trade mark. Associate Emma Gorrie and Summer Clerk Spiro Kalavritinos detail how one of the world's most well-known brands suffered this blow in relation to its namesake product. ...
Tough cheese: Top European court denies copyright protection for taste
Dutch food company Levola attempted to claim copyright in the taste of its cheesy dip, but the European Court of Justice left it feeling blue. ...
NZ self-disclosure 'grace period' provisions take effect
On 30 December 2018, New Zealand introduced a one year 'grace period' for filing a patent application following an inadvertent public self-disclosure of the invention. Associate Claire Gregg takes a closer look at how the new provision protects applicants. ...
Significant fee changes for patents and trade marks are coming in New Zealand
Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand announced a number of patent and trade mark fee changes including a significant increase in official fees throughout the lifecycle of a patent, and moderate fee reductions for trade marks to take effect later in 2019 ...
US Postal Service breaches copyright in the Statue of Las Vegas
In this issue we look at challenges for domain name searching posed by the GDPR the second round of draft amendments to the Patents Act developments in the patentability of computer-implemented inventions the dangers of falsely marking products as patented the latest brand wars in the Federal Court ...
Direct .au registrations, a new internet tax or a way to strengthen the .au market?
In the most significant change since the .au domain was introduced more than 30 years ago, .au Domains Administration (auDA), the industry body for Australian-specific domain names, has approved the registration of .au second-level domain names, known as direct registration. ...
Will Ed Sheeran be facing copyright lawsuits for The Rest of Our (or his) Life?
It's a new year and, in what is seemingly becoming an annual tradition, a new copyright infringement lawsuit has been filed against pop superstar Ed Sheeran. ...
When you use what doesn't Belong to you…
Telstra Corporation Limited v BelongEnergy Pty Ltd (VID206/2019), recently resolved by consent orders in Telstra's favour, highlights the importance and utility of adequate trade mark protection. ...