A nine-person Los Angeles jury has found that Katy Perry’s 2013 song Dark Horse infringes the copyright in Marcus Gray a.k.a Flame’s 2009 song Joyful Noise. The copyright infringement claim concerned the beat and opening instrumental riff of Flame’s
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Domain Names now Command the Big Bucks
They used to say you could make a fortune from real estate but the big bucks now are in cyber real estate- buying and selling domain names, and the industry is booming.
The recent sale of the website domain name…
Patents & Right of Repair | Re-making patented goods
Patents and the Right of Repair – Ink dries on Re-making patented goods in the Full Court
In Calidad Pty Ltd v Seiko Epson Corporation the Full Court has addressed the extent of ownership rights held by the purchaser…
A USD$12M Lesson in trademark registration – Wawona-ship of Majestic Yosemite TradeMarks returned to National Park
A USD$12M Lesson in trademark registration – Wawona-ship of Majestic Yosemite TradeMarks returned to National Park
We all learn through bitter experience. Sometimes we have the opportunity to learn through the bitter and expensive experience of others. Delaware North Inc…
AU TradeMarks 101- Make your mark on the market
We recognise that the value of a brand to a business is important. Global brands like McDonald’s, Red Bull and celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Cardi B and Paris Hilton invest significantly in their brands.
However, not everyone is…
Australian Design Searches just got easier
IP Australia has recently launched a new tool to search Design registrations. The tool is based around the image recognition software already used by IP Australia in respect of image searching under the Trade Mark Search tool.
It replaces the…
HOW KIM K AND CARDI B LEARNED THAT THEIR GIMMICKS ARE NOT A TRADE MARK
What do Kim Kardashian, rapper Cardi B and Paris Hilton have in common? – all have come unstuck over moves to try and trade mark common words.
Brisbane intellectual property and trade marks lawyer Nicole Murdoch says there’s a trend…
KEEPING UP WITH THE KIMONOS- TRADE MARK LESSONS THE KIM KARDASHIAN WAY
Australian entrepreneurs trying to trade mark a popular word as their business brand should take heed of the legal stumble by American celebrity Kim Kardashian.
The social media, TV and fashion range queen tried to trade mark the word Kimono…
The LNP learns a valuable lesson in Domain Name protection
Today the LNP is learning a good lesson on protecting domain names.
They let LNP.COM.AU expire and someone grabbed it up and it is now redirected to Bill Shorten’s Labor website.
If you let your domain name lapse and want…
Slater & Gordon attempts to trade mark the phrase “We win cases like yours”
Slater & Gordon is attempting to trade mark a phrase that is common in the legal industry and the EAGLEGATE news article discussing the attempt is getting a run in Australasian Lawyer.
You can read more here: AustralasianLawyer
A Bing…