POF collaborating with the O Group in Tasmania to present on intellectual property protection for small business

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In June 2015, POF will be teaming up with the O Group in Tasmania to present on intellectual property protection for small business. The O Group helps its members with a number of work related services including training, strategic HR planning, finance planning and small business assistance (among others). The first seminar in Launceston was …
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Could your Intellectual Property Licence be terminated under s 145 of the Patents Act?

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A recent decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia has clarified the operation of s 145(1) of the Patents Act 1990 (Cth). This provision permits either party to a contract relating to a licence to exploit a patented invention to terminate the contract on three months’ written notice “at any time after the patent, or all the patents, by …
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Copyright implications for Social Media and Internet Service Providers

The number of users on social media is staggering. At present, there are 1.15 billion Facebook users1, 218 million monthly active Twitter users2, and 300 million LinkedIn users3. It is clear that social media is now an integral part of a business’ marketing strategy, but how do intellectual property laws relate to this relatively new form of mass communication? This article will focus on …
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Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up – 17 April 2015

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Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up – 17 April 2015 An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 17 April 2015. We advise our clients (whether as IP owners or as alleged infringers) and act for them in relation to patent litigation, trade mark litigation, registered design litigation, domain name, …
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Seed Funding Available: Calling all Australian Sports Tech start-ups and individuals!

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The Australian Sports Technologies Network (ASTN) has secured The Australian Sports Tech Company as a key investor into the Australian sports technologies Industry.  So much so, they are offering seed funding to up to 4 successful applicants. The ASTN is a Geelong based industry-led national collaborative network which provides leadership in the development and promotion …
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Australian Courts award additional damages for trade mark infringement

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The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012, along with new section 126 of the Trade Marks Act 1995, provided the power to Courts to make an award for additional damages (also known as punitive damages) in respect of trade mark infringement. This amendment brought the Trade Marks Act 1995 into line with other intellectual property regimes such as the …
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Preliminary Discovery – from Car Parks to Copyright

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In Dallas Buyers Club LLC v iiNet Limited, the Federal Court considered an application for preliminary discovery seeking to have iiNet and five other Internet Service Providers (“ISP’s) provide details of customers associated with particular IP addresses said to have been involved in the infringement of copyright. One of the requirements for obtaining preliminary discovery …
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POF sponsoring the 2015 LESANZ Conference – Register your attendance for the Intellectual Asset Management workshop

We are pleased to announce that Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick is sponsoring the 2015 LESANZ (Licensing Executives Society Aus & NZ) conference. The annual conference will run from Wednesday 29 April to Friday 1 May and you can register your attendance via the LESANZ website here. Participants will gaininsights into global trends in commercialising technology from …
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