Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick is proud to sponsor the 8th Annual Australasian Cleantech Forum. Additionally, as an associated sponsor, we pleased to offer discount registrations to this important event.
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Category Archives: Design
The Science of Pasta
The New York Times has a fascinating piece on the geometries of various types of pastas from a recently released book called “Pasta by Design,” by architect George L. Legendre.
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In Courier Pete Pty Ltd v Metroll Queensland Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 735 Metroll, a rainwater tank manufacturer, was unsuccessful in its claim that it was the person entitled to be registered as the owner of registered designs for new rainwater tanks. The designer and the designs Mr Collymore was the factory foreman of Metroll’s [...]
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And then we were one…NZ & Australian courts move closer
In November 2009 the Australia Government introduced legislation implementing the Agreement between Australia and New Zealand on Trans-Tasman Court Proceedings and Regulatory Enforcement. The Trans-Tasman Proceedings Bill 2010 was passed by both Houses of the Australian Parliament and is now awaiting Royal Assent. The New Zealand Government introduced parallel legislation on 24 November 2009. The [...]
Click here to see the full post Design owner sleeps easy thanks to statement of novelty
In a decision where a design registration for a mattress and base was found to be valid and infringed, the relevance of the statement of novelty included in the design registration was emphasised by the Court.
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Beware of unsolicited “renewal” notices
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a timely reminder that trade mark and domain name owners should exercise caution before paying what appear to be renewal notices. There are a growing number of services issuing documents that look like invoices for listing registrations in registers that offer no benefit to owners. Recipients of such notices [...]
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IP Australia announces new state-based lodgement arrangements
IP Australia has announced that a designated Australia Post office in each state and the Northern Territory will become the lodgement centre for documents and payment of fees relating to registered IP rights and new applications. The rolling transition will commence in September 2009 with Tasmania and conclude by August 2010.
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Technicon has been unsuccessful in its appeal against the decision of Cowdry J reported here in which the trial judge found that Technicon had infringed Caroma’s registered design. The Full Court decision in Technicon Industries Pty Ltd v Caroma Industries Ltd [2009] FCAFC 76 largely affirms the reasoning at first instance and in doing so gives approval to what appears [...]
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WIPO Director-General to speak in Melbourne
The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Dr Francis Gurry, will present a public lecture at the Melbourne Law School on 3 August. Gurry is the highest-ranking Australian official in a United Nations agency, and only the third to ever head a UN agency. He is making his first official visit to Australia since [...]
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The Australian government presented it budget to parliament on Tuesday evening. It is a big-spending budget intended to cushion the impact of the global recession and to stimulate the economy.
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