The much anticipated “Raising the Bar” Bill was passed by the Senate last night without amendment. It is expected to go to the House of Representatives later this week, with Royal Assent to follow shortly thereafter.
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Trademark Non-Use No BARRIER to Ansell
Ansell have sucessully defended a trademark non-use action despite only showing use of the trademark BARRIER on a subset of goods.
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What is good for the TURKEY, not so good for the GEESE
The Full Federal Court has ordered that the trade mark “WILD GEESE” be removed from the Register for non-use in Austin, Nichols & Co Inc v Lodestar Anstalt [2012] FCAFC 8, reversing Cowdroy J’s 2011 Federal Court decision previously reported here.
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Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up 23 February 2012
An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 23 February 2012.
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Hearing to begin in controversial gene patent case
The test case assessing the validity of patent claims directed towards genetic material will begin in the Federal Court next week.
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The Age Newspaper reports that Melbourne’s iconic Skipping Girl Vinegar neon sign is set to go solar. 2012 marks the 75th anniversary of the sign. But what you may not know is that many of the trademarks filed for Skipping Girl Vinegar are up to 100 years old and are still registered trademarks.
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An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 16 February 2012.
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Optus Sing(tel) loudest: NRL is fair game
The AFL and NRL, ‘the rightholders’, joined forces (and vast resources) accusing Singtel Optus Pty Ltd, ‘Optus’, of breaching copyright by airing games broadcast by the respective competitions free-to-air partners on the internet and across its 3G network (Singtel Optus Pty Ltd v National Rugby League Investments Pty Ltd (No 2) [2012] FCA 34).
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The owners and distributors of the “G-star” brand of jeans (collectively, “G-Star”) have developed a reputation in Australia not only as sellers of fashionable jeans, but also for being willing to take court action against infringers. This trend continued in the recent case Facton Ltd v Mish Mash Clothing Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 22.
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An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up for the period of 3 February to 9 February 2012 (from the Australian Trade Mark Office Journal).
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