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Trade marks in the U.S.A.
USA is one of the 2 top economic markets in the world. Therefore it is important that your primary marketing tool of your trade mark is protected in the short term and the long term. US...
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Intellectual Property and the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement
After years of negotiation, the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) was signed on 17 June 2015 by the governments of both countries. Chapter 11 of the agreement relates specifically...
Intellectual property issues raised in competition policy review
In 2013, the Australian Government commissioned an expert panel review of competition policy in Australia. The final report of the panel (known as the Harper Review) was issued in March 2015. The...
Branding using trade marks, websites and social media is important to your business.
What is in a name? A lot when your business depends on it. The importance of branding, and of not allowing your brand to be used descriptively, was illustrated recently in some...
Website disputes – the importance of trade marks to protect your website
Having a registered Trade Mark is an advantage in a dispute resolution procedure to maintain or to retrieve a similar domain name from another website registrant.Consider the situation where a third...
A Brave New Trans-Tasman World? Not quite yet, but progress at least
Recent developments in Australian Patent Laws this week have moved out Patent System closer to a harmonisation (of sorts) with that of New Zealand with the passing in the Australian Senate of the...
Insights and tips from my China trip
Having recently returned home from three weeks in Beijing and one week in Taipei and having refreshed myself with the mineral water equivalent of world air quality here in Sydney, I can reflect...
Australian Intellectual Property Report 2014
The Australian Patent Office, IP Australia has recently released a report on the state of IP Rights in Australia in the year 2013. The annual report, in it's second year, compares Australia to...
Intellectual Property – in a nutshell
Recently, I have been approached with various enquiries from clients as to what can indeed be patented? Without delving into the nuts and bolts of patentability requirements set forth in Patents...