IP Australia has implemented changes to the format of Trade Mark Certificates of Registration to improve their quality and provide a certificate that contains a coloured representation of the mark.
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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Copyright protects look and feel of T-shirt
The Full Court of the Federal Court in Elwood Clothing Pty Ltd v Cotton On Clothing Pty Ltd [2008] FCAFC 197 late last year upheld an appeal from Gordon J, deciding that a T-shirt that copied the look and feel of another T-shirt was an infringement of copyright, even though none of the words, numbers or trade marks was copied. The T-shirt [...]
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On Arbitrage
Late last year, the Full Court of the Federal Court in Polo/Lauren Company L.P. v Ziliani Holdings Pty Ltd [2008] FCAFC 195 dismissed an appeal against the decision of Rares J previously reported here. Ziliani, described by the Court as “arbitrageur exploiting price differences in geographically diverse markets” was engaged in the selling of discount but genuine Polo [...]
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will allow the collective bargaining by members of the Australian Independent Record Labels Association to offer joint licences to some users for the right to broadcast music videos. See the release here.
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