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Australian Pharmaceutical Patents Expiring August 2014

July 25, 2014
by Rodney Cruise, Principal

Below is a report from IP Organisers (an independent service company of Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick) detailing Australian Pharmaceutical Patents (that have been granted extensions) and that are due to expire in the coming month.

Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up 24 July 2014

July 24, 2014
by Mark Williams, Special Counsel

An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 24 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.

King’s CANDY trade mark not so sweet

July 24, 2014
by Anita Brown, Principal

The publisher of the popular game Candy Crush Saga recently attracted savage criticism for its attempts to trade mark the word CANDY in the United States. King.com Limited (King) filed a trade mark application in the United States in February 2013 for the trade mark ‘CANDY’ in classes 9, 25 and 41 for goods and …
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Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up 17 July 2014

July 23, 2014
by Mark Williams, Special Counsel

An Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 17 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.

Australian Trade Marks – Tales from the Past

July 22, 2014
by Rodney Cruise, Principal

The first Australian Trade Marks Act (1905) commenced on 2 July 1906. Prior to this date the youthful Australia had a series of state based registration systems for trade marks, which were effectively superceded by this Commonwealth Act. The very first Australian Trade Mark application made under the new, unifying Australian Act was Trade Mark …
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Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up – 18 July 2014

July 21, 2014
by Mark Williams, Special Counsel

An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 18 July 2014.

Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up 10 July and 17 July 2014

July 18, 2014
by Mark Williams, Special Counsel

An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 26 June 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.

Wayward brewer bursts SABMiller beer bubble

July 18, 2014

Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick joins our client, Peter Philip, to celebrate a win in a trade mark opposition brought by SABMiller India Limited against Mr Philip’s Australian trade mark application for WAYWARD, covering beer in class 32. Mr Philip is a micro-brewer, who started his business in the inner-west of Sydney in 2012. Mr Philip has …
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Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up 3 July and 10 July 2014

July 17, 2014
by Mark Williams, Special Counsel

An Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 3 July and 10 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.

Terminating IP Agreements

July 14, 2014

Terminating an intellectual property (IP) agreement can be more complex than terminating more common commercial contracts. IP contracts deal with property – intellectual property. Thus the question arises as to what is to happen to that intellectual property upon termination. The agreement itself should provide for this or, if it does not do so explicitly, …
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