SOUTHEAST ASIA
Singapore Update: Beat It, Beat It, Beat It, Beat It
LG Electronics applied to register the trade mark QUADBEAT in Singapore for a range of audio goods in Class 9. The application was opposed by Beats Electronics, the owner of...
LG Electronics applied to register the trade mark QUADBEAT in Singapore for a range of audio goods in Class...
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AUSTRALASIA
Fuchs Petrolub SE v Unilever PLC [2016] NZIPOTM 18 (25 July 2016)
Unilever applied for the rectification of the International Registration for SILKOLENE that was protected in New Zealand and owned by Fuchs Petrolub.  The rectification was on the basis that...
Unilever applied for the rectification of the International Registration for SILKOLENE that was protected in New Zealand and owned...
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
Singapore Update: Not A-moose-d
Abercrombie & Fitch opposed MMC International’s (a Singapore entity) application to register the trade mark in Class 9 for eye wear related goods. The opponent holds trade mark registrations in...
Abercrombie & Fitch opposed MMC International’s (a Singapore entity) application to register the trade mark in Class 9 for...
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AUSTRALASIA
Bing Boy IP Pty Ltd v Bing Go Street Food [2016] ATMO 55 (28 July 2016)
Bing Go Street Food applied to register its BING GO Logo trade mark for restaurant services.  The application was opposed by Bing Boy which owns a prior registration for...
Bing Go Street Food applied to register its BING GO Logo trade mark for restaurant services.  The application was...
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AUSTRALASIA
CFX Funds Management Pty Ltd v Paul McMahon [2016] ATMO 52 (19 July 2016)
Paul McMahon applied to register the trade mark DFO for a range of Class 39 transportations services.  That application was opposed by CFX Funds Management on the basis that...
Paul McMahon applied to register the trade mark DFO for a range of Class 39 transportations services.  That application...
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AUSTRALASIA
Brock Beauty Inc [2016] ATMO 44 (30 June 2016)
Brock Beauty applied for the extension of protection of its International Registration for BROCKBEAUTY covering cosmetic goods to Australia. The Australian Trade Marks Office objected to the extension of protection...
Brock Beauty applied for the extension of protection of its International Registration for BROCKBEAUTY covering cosmetic goods to Australia. The...
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AUSTRALASIA
Dingo Software Pty Ltd [2016] ATMO 29 (12 May 2016)
The Trade Marks Office accepted and then proposed to revoke acceptance of Dingo Software’s application for DINGO Logo. The basis of the proposed revocation of acceptance was that the details...
The Trade Marks Office accepted and then proposed to revoke acceptance of Dingo Software’s application for DINGO Logo. The basis...
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AUSTRALASIA
7-Eleven Inc [2016] NZIPOTM 9 (27 May 2016)
7-Eleven applied to register its stripe colours (shown below) as a trade mark in relation to retail and convenience store services (in Classes 35 and 43). The New Zealand Trade...
7-Eleven applied to register its stripe colours (shown below) as a trade mark in relation to retail and convenience...
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AUSTRALASIA
Codon-optimised nucleic acids remain patentable following Myriad
In a decision that issued on 5 July 2016 (“Cargill Incorporated v Dow AgroSciences LLC APO 43”), the Australian Patent Office confirmed that a nucleic acid that has...
In a decision that issued on 5 July 2016 (“Cargill Incorporated v Dow AgroSciences LLC APO 43”), the...
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AUSTRALASIA
New gTLD Sunrise Availability October 2016
Generic top-level domains (gTLD) such as .com, .net and .org typically cycle through a “Sunrise Period” prior to becoming available to the general public.
Generic top-level domains (gTLD) such as .com, .net and .org typically cycle through a “Sunrise Period” prior to becoming...
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