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Margaritaville Enterprises, LLC v Loom Wine Group Pty Ltd [2015] ATMO 91
Margaritaville, an entity owned by Jimmy Buffett and Alan Jackson, opposed the registration of the trade mark ‘fiveoclocksomewhere’ filed by Loom Wine in respect of wine and the provision...
Margaritaville, an entity owned by Jimmy Buffett and Alan Jackson, opposed the registration of the trade mark ‘fiveoclocksomewhere’ filed...
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MAN AG v Beiqi foton Motor Co, Ltd [2015] ATMO 90
This matter concerned an opposition by MAN AG to the extension of protection of Beiqi Foton’s Australian designation of its AUMAN trade mark in respect of automobiles in Class...
This matter concerned an opposition by MAN AG to the extension of protection of Beiqi Foton’s Australian designation of...
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David Strybosch v Mylife.com, Inc [2015] ATMO 89
Mr Strybosch opposed a non-use removal application filed by Mylife.com in respect of his trade mark registration for MY LIFE which covered various services in Classes 36 and 42....
Mr Strybosch opposed a non-use removal application filed by Mylife.com in respect of his trade mark registration for MY...
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Hola S.L. v Ryan Fitzgibbon [2015] ATMO 85
An application was filed by Mr Fitzgibbon to register his trade mark in relation to a magazine publication. There was an initial rejection based on a prior registration owned...
An application was filed by Mr Fitzgibbon to register his trade mark in relation to a magazine publication. There...
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Ceramiche Caesar S.p.A. v Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd [2015] ATMO 83
This is the second opposition matter in relation to the dispute between these parties. We reported the outcome of the first opposition where an appeal was filed against that...
This is the second opposition matter in relation to the dispute between these parties. We reported the outcome of...
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Woodman Labs Inc (now GoPro, Inc) v Ross Walmsley [2015] ATMO 81
Woodman Labs opposed the registration of an application by Ross Walmsely for the trade mark covering alge and foodstuffs in Classes 29 and 30. Woodman Labs is the owner of...
Woodman Labs opposed the registration of an application by Ross Walmsely for the trade mark covering alge and foodstuffs...
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Texas Instruments Incorporated [2015] ATMO 80
This matter concerned a trade mark application filed by Texas Instruments Incorporated for the trade mark covering goods in Class 9. An Examiner’s report issued in relation to the above...
This matter concerned a trade mark application filed by Texas Instruments Incorporated for the trade mark covering goods in...
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New gTLD Sunrise Availability December 2015 – January 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. The Sunrise Period allows trade...
Generic top-level domains (gTLD) such as .com, .net and .org typically cycle through a “Sunrise Period” prior to becoming...
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Intellectual property and the family business
Like any other business, a family business will develop intellectual property and must deal from time to time with intellectual property issues. What is intellectual property? Intellectual property (“IP”) is difficult...
Like any other business, a family business will develop intellectual property and must deal from time to time with...
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Attempts by Simonds Homes to enforce site-blocking provisions
Section 115A of the Copyright Act 1968 allows copyright owners to seek, from the Federal Court, an injunction requiring internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to any ‘online...
Section 115A of the Copyright Act 1968 allows copyright owners to seek, from the Federal Court, an injunction requiring...
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Official text of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement released
The official text of the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement between Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the US and Vietnam was released...
The official text of the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement between Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico,...
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