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Pointon Partners
This decision illustrates several important points for Australian trade mark law and consumer law.
K&L Gates
In Australia, domain names under the .au namespace are subject to stringent eligibility and allocation rules. Importantly, non-Australian commercial entities are only eligible...
Spruson & Ferguson
When purchasing a business with IP, you should assess the quality of the IP to consider how it could be beneficial.
Pointon Partners
This change will benefit prospective trademark owners in Australia and those who intend to register their marks overseas.
ENS
There's been quite a bit in the news of late about an IP case in Australia involving the fast-food giant McDonald's and an Australian fast-food company, Hungry Jack's.
Piper Alderman
An owner's exclusive right to use a trademark is limited to the particular form of the mark that has been registered.
Bennett & Philp Lawyers
The concept of dilution in a strict sense is arguably not recognised under Australian trade mark law.
Clifford Gouldson Lawyers
There was no trademark infringement, as BIG JACK and MEGA JACK were not deceptively similar to BIG MAC and MEGA MAC.
Piper Alderman
Fast food giants have been embroiled in a trademark fight over the 'Big Mac' burger, and the 'Big Jack' range.
Herbert Smith Freehills
In this podcast series, Australian partners Rebekah Gay and Emma Iles explore a variety of topics, issues and areas of intellectual property law.
Holding Redlich
Businesses should have systems in place to regularly monitor, revise and renew their brand names and trade marks.
Coleman Greig Lawyers
Intangible assets, such as tradeable intellectual property, goodwill and know-how, could make or break a business.
K&L Gates
Business blooms for one trade mark owner as "FLOWERS FOR ALL" has been deemed distinctive enough to be registered as a trade mark in Australia.
K&L Gates
In McD Asia Pacific LLC v Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 1412, fast-food giant McDonald's and Australian dinner-time rival Hungry Jack's faced off in the Federal Court of Australia...
Sajen Legal
When your trade mark has been registered, you obtain an Australia-wide monopoly for any use of the trade mark.
Spruson & Ferguson
The intellectual property involved in the production of non-alcoholic beer.
Herbert Smith Freehills
In this podcast series, Australian partners Rebekah Gay and Emma Iles explore a variety of topics, issues and areas of intellectual property law.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Lavazza would have infringed the ORO trademark, but Cantarella was not the first to use the ORO mark in Australia.
Worldwide
Davies Collison Cave
INTA's Asia-Pacific Global Advisory Council has noted a continued focus on the importance of intellectual property (IP) protection as one of the key components in the development...
Davies Collison Cave
DCC Insights (Issue 19) showcases the latest IP and legal articles, industry updates, and DCC news and events.
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