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
We all learn through bitter experience. Sometimes we have the opportunity to learn through the bitter and expensive experience of others. Delaware North Inc…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…