On April 10, 2018, the iconic Australian brand UGG won a big $5.2M in the Central District of California in a design patent infringement case against Reliable Knitting Works, Wal-Mart Stores, ...
What is a grace period? A grace period is a period of time within which a disclosure of an invention by the patent applicant or a disclosure of the invention without consent of the patent ...
You run a successful business with a well-known brand. You have spent many years and have financially invested heavily in your brand, building up a great reputation. One day you stumble on a ...
When setting up a new company, developing a new brand or undergoing a brand refresh, one of the first things that many companies do is engage a graphic designer to design a new logo. Having paid ...
Thailand and Indonesia have recently joined the Madrid Protocol system. The addition of these two new countries will mean that there are now 100 members of the Madrid Protocol, covering 116 ...
The 2018 Commonwealth Games is being held in April on Australia’s Gold Coast. During the build up to the Games, the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC – the Games’ ...
There is a debate raging about artificial intelligence (AI) and how it will be affecting the world in the future. In particular, there is discussion about who, or what, should be named as the ...
First to file system The Chinese trade mark system is a “first to file” system. As such, whoever files a trade mark first in China has rights to the trade mark. As Chinese trade mark applications ...
Takeaways Australian stock valuations are probably depressed by low patent activity. Australian companies hold no defensive patent portfolios to assert in defence against corporate behemoths ...
