A between the sticks battle looms between sporting powerhouse Manchester City and a suburban Melbourne soccer club over the club’s name. According to media reports, moves are afoot for the A-League soccer club Melbourne Heart to rebrand as Melbourne City Football Club. But some fancy footwork may be needed to deal with the existing Melbourne …
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What do Australian supermarkets, telcos and banks all have in common? Each of them has made it to the Brand Finance Global 500, a study of the world’s strongest and most valuable brands. Woolworths holds Australia’s top spot with a total brand value of USD$10 billion at 109 on the global brand valuation list ahead …
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An Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 20 February 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.
An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 21 February 2014.
The Full Federal Court decision in Australian Postal Corporation v Digital Post Australia Pty Ltd [2013] FCAFC 153 has confirmed the Federal Court’s finding that by the use of “Digital Post Australia” there is no infringement of the registered trade mark “Australia Post”.
An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 20 February 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. Please note that the information in the tables below is correct as at the …
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An Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 13 February 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.
An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 14 February 2014.
An Australian Trade Mark Non-Use Proceedings Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 6 February 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.
An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 7 February 2014.
