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Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up 31 July 2014

August 5, 2014
by Mark Williams, Special Counsel

An Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 31 July 2014. If you wish to start any non-use proceeding against trade marks of others, or if your own trademarks have had non-use proceedings brought against them by third parties, please contact us.

Carbon Revolution develops world leading carbon fibre wheel technology

August 5, 2014
by Dr Edwin Patterson, Principal

Australian company Carbon Revolution has developed, and is now commercially producing, the world’s first one piece carbon fibre automobile wheel. The commercially available CR-9 wheel (pictured), represents more than seven years of development, including the wheel design and manufacturing process that is the subject of intellectual property protection in a number of countries. The technology …
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Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up –1 August 2014

August 4, 2014
by Mark Williams, Special Counsel

An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 1 August 2014.

Q&A: User-generated content and copyright

July 31, 2014
by Anita Brown, Principal

If you believe everything you read in the press, there’s money to be made from creating content for the masses to view online. Top YouTube content producers reportedly earn $100,000 a year from advertising revenue and some people have quit their day jobs to blog about everything from pets to parenting to pineapples. If you …
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Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up 31 July 2014

July 31, 2014
by Mark Williams, Special Counsel

An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 31 July 2014. If you wish to oppose the registration of trade marks of others, or if your own applications have been opposed by third parties, please contact us.

Australian Design Certification Round-Up – 10 July 2014

July 30, 2014
by Mark Williams, Special Counsel

A round-up of Australian Designs which have been certified from the Designs Office Journal dated 10 July 2014. If you wish to file, certify or register your designs, please contact us.

Growth of patent prosecution highway programs accelerate

July 30, 2014

From 6 January 2014, the Australian Patent Office implemented an agreement with 16 other patent offices to commence operation of the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH). The GPPH program is intended to reduce the effort of national patent offices based on the principle that an invention that is found by one patent office to be …
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Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up 24 July 2014

July 29, 2014
by Mark Williams, Special Counsel

An Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 24 July 2014. If you wish to start any non-use proceeding against trade marks of others, or if your own trademarks have had non-use proceedings brought against them by third parties, please contact us.

Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up – 25 July 2014

July 28, 2014
by Mark Williams, Special Counsel

An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 25 July 2014.

Shine taken off glossy trade mark

July 28, 2014
by Mark Williams, Special Counsel

Recently, Bauer Media (publisher of Australian magazines such as Cosmopolitan and The Australian Women’s Weekly) have received negative press for lodging a trade mark application for the word GLOSSY in respect of printed publications including magazines – ostensibly because many in the print media world associate the word GLOSSY with a print publication which is …
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