Aboriginal Flag free in $20 million copyright deal

…copyright and end the licences. All future royalties the Commonwealth receives from commercial flag sales will be directed to NAIDOC. Mr Thomas said the flag’s design was his dreaming story….

Appeal Court finds Google in breach of Trade Practices Act

…breaching the Australian Consumer Law; to issue a compliance policy statement; to establish a complaints handling system and training program; to conduct annual independent reviews of the compliance program and…

Australian IP Litigation Round-Up 29 June 2012

An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal as of 29 June 2012. In the past week, the following intellectual property cases were commenced in the week…

Apple does battle over APP STORE

…of the issues in that case is whether the term Appstore has become generic. Meanwhile, in Europe, Apple’s competitors are challenging the validity of its registrations for APP STORE and…

Barefoot and Fancy Free

…held that BAREFOOT and BAREFOOT RADLER were not substantially identical but were deceptively similar. Curiously, his Honour considered that had the comparison been between the registered mark BAREFOOT and the…