Intellectual Property Update - Opposing trade mark registration: are the trade marks “substantially identical”?
Intellectual PropertyPham Global Pty Ltd v Insight Clinical Imaging Pty Ltd [2017] FCAFC 83
2017 Legalwise Seminar - Recent developments in Ownership and Bad Faith
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Intellectual Property Update - Screenshots from webpages held to be inadmissible hearsay by the Federal Court of Australia
Intellectual PropertyWhile screenshots are useful in the Trade Marks Office where the rules of evidence do not apply, caution is required when seeking to rely on this type of evidence in Court.
Intellectual Property Law Update - Skidmore v Led Zeppelin: who owns the Stairway to Heaven?
Intellectual PropertyMany fans and critics noticed the similarity between Taurus and Stairway to Heaven, focusing on the plucked guitar arpeggios in the opening of each song.
2017 IPTA Annual Conference Seminar - Trade Marks Update
Intellectual PropertyEd Heerey QC regularly presents seminars on topics that relate to the area of intellectual property law
Intellectual Property Law Update - Challenge to admissibility of survey evidence rejected
Intellectual PropertySurvey evidence is often easy to criticise but very hard to exclude.
Intellectual Property Update - Trade Mark Attorney privilege is not the same as Legal Professional Privilege
Intellectual PropertyTitan Enterprises (Qld) Pty Ltd v Cross confirms that the privilege afforded to Trade Mark Attorneys is not as broad as legal professional privilege.
Intellectual Property Law Update - Name of one of Burkina Faso’s 45 provinces rejected under s 41 TMA because it is a geographic location
Intellectual PropertyRegistration sought for the mark BALÉ opposed pursuant to s 41 TMA on the grounds that the mark is a geographic indicator.
Intellectual Property Update - Hells Angels ordered to give security for costs
Intellectual PropertyHells Angels Motorcycle Corporation is the exclusive licensee in this country of trade mark registrations ©rights owned byHells Angels Motorcycle Corporation of the US
Intellectual Property Law Update - Abbreviations and the “own name” defence
Intellectual PropertyIf you’re just using your own name, in good faith, the Trade Marks Act provides a defence if, by doing so you would otherwise be infringing someone else’s registered mark