Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up 19 April 2012
An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 19 April 2012.
IP Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act to commence on 15 April 2013
The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2011 received Royal Assent and became law on 15 April 2012.
Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up 12 April 2012
An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 12 April 2012.
Appeal Court finds Google in breach of Trade Practices Act
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) have had a win in in The Full Federal Court of Australia which has upheld the ACCC’s appeal against Google for misleading and deceptive conduct relating to Google’s “sponsored links”.
Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up 5 April 2012
An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 5 April 2012.
OneSteel 1: Journalist: 0
Today, the Sydney Morning Herald have reported that OneSteel have announced their new name, Arrium. Yesterday, an enterprising journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald almost gazumped OneSteel’s annoucement by inspecting the Australian Trade Mark register and finding some pending trademark applications in the name of OneSteel.
Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up 29 March 2012
An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 29 March 2012.
Raising the Bar Bill passes Parliament
On 20 March 2012 the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2012 was passed by the House of Representatives. It is likely that the Bill will receive the Governor General’s assent and become law in the next few weeks.
Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up 22 March 2012
An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 22 March 2012
Prosecco by any other name: Further EU geographical indication restrictions
The European Union (EU) has applied for additional geographical indications (GI) for wine to be included in the Australian-European Community Agreement on Trade in Wine.