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Registered designs are an important, but sometimes overlooked, form of intellectual property. A recent Federal Court decision has reiterated a number of important principles of Australian designs law, and is a timely illustration that registered designs can be a powerful tool to help organisations protect the visual appearance of their products. ...

Over the past few months, the Federal Court and Federal Circuit and Family Court have handed down some important and interesting trade mark decisions concluding: ...

Repipe Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (No 3) [2021] FCA 31 (Repipe No. 3) is another setback for computer-implemented inventions. ...

After losses in the Federal Court, the ACCC has now appealed decisions in cases against Kimberly-Clark and Woolworths. In both cases, the ACCC alleged that misleading representations were made with respect to future matters. ...

In a highly anticipated decision, the Full Bench of the Australian Federal Court recently dismissed the appeal in Encompass Corporation v InfoTrack. Despite the opportunity to clarify the scope of patentability of computer-implemented inventions, the question of what encompasses patentable subject matter remains open. ...

The Energy Security Board's (ESB) Post 2025 Market Design Options Paper provides a glimpse into upcoming reforms that aim to release the potential of distributed energy resources to meet current challenges with falling minimum demand and to leverage demand side participation. ...

Suppliers and service providers are a critical input into an organisation's ESG footprint, with supply chain contracts offering a key opportunity for businesses to realise their ESG goals. We provide our top tips on how businesses can optimise their supply chain contracts to meet ESG objectives. ...

In the recent Federal Court decision of Pinnacle Runway Pty Ltd v Triangl Limited [2019] FCA 1662, Justice Murphy weighed into the Wayback debate: 'Are screenshots obtained from the "Wayback Machine" admissible as evidence?'. By admitting screenshots of this kind into evidence (on certain conditions), the court sanctioned further use of the Wayback Machine. It also made an important distinction between use of a sign as a trade mark and use of a sign as a style name. ...

Clive Palmer's 'Australia's Not Gonna Cop It' jingle has been found to infringe copyright in Twisted Sister's hit 'We're Not Gonna Take It', with the Federal Court awarding $1.5 million in damages against the billionaire. ...

Two recent decisions provide mixed news for the owners of colour trade marks ...