AUSTRALASIA
Self Care Corporation Pty Ltd v Johnson & Johnson [2015] ATMO 27
Johnson & Johnson’s application to register the trade mark ALLERFREE in relation to toiletries was opposed by Self Care Corporation largely on the basis of its prior ALFREE (AlFREE)...
Johnson & Johnson’s application to register the trade mark ALLERFREE in relation to toiletries was opposed by Self Care...
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AUSTRALASIA
Apple Inc [2015] ATMO 25
Apple applied for the extension of protection of the below trade mark in Australia under its corresponding International Registration.  It is important to note the scope of the trade...
Apple applied for the extension of protection of the below trade mark in Australia under its corresponding International Registration. ...
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AUSTRALASIA
Australian Homestay Network Pty Ltd v Homestay Network Pty Ltd [2015] ATMO 28
Australian Homestay opposed the registration of the trade mark filed by Homestay covering Class 43 accommodation services. The opponent led evidence of its use of the trade mark dating back...
Australian Homestay opposed the registration of the trade mark filed by Homestay covering Class 43 accommodation services. The opponent led...
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AUSTRALASIA
ASEP Healthcare Ltd v Multigate Medical Products Pty Ltd [2015] ATMO 24
Multigate Medical filed a trade mark application for TourniTape Logo (shown below) in relation to surgical and medical goods in Class 10.  That application was opposed by ASEP. ASEP is...
Multigate Medical filed a trade mark application for TourniTape Logo (shown below) in relation to surgical and medical goods...
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New Guidelines for Examination of Biotech Inventions in Brazil
On 17 March 2015, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published new guidelines for examination of patent applications related to biotech. The guidelines, which are the result of...
On 17 March 2015, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published new guidelines for examination of patent applications...
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AUSTRALASIA
Omnibus Claims Revisited – Not quite dead yet!
Omnibus claims are claims which refer directly to the specification and/or drawings of an application. These are commonly of the form “A substantially as herein before...
Omnibus claims are claims which refer directly to the specification and/or drawings of an application. These are commonly of...
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
Singapore: IP Sector Boosts High Value-Added Jobs
A recent manpower survey by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) revealed that in line with its goal of becoming a Global IP Hub in Asia, Singapore's IP...
A recent manpower survey by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) revealed that in line with its goal...
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AUSTRALASIA
The murkier sides of patent licensing
Patent licensing should be straightforward. A company owns a patent, and a third party wants permission to exploit whatever the patent covers. So the company grants the third party...
Patent licensing should be straightforward. A company owns a patent, and a third party wants permission to exploit whatever...
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AUSTRALASIA
Are you concerned? Keeping ownership on the Register of Patents updated
Ownership of both patents and patent applications may be, and often is, transferred between parties. Section 187 of the Patents Act requires details of assignments or other changes in...
Ownership of both patents and patent applications may be, and often is, transferred between parties. Section 187 of the...
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AUSTRALASIA
Protecting your IP rights at Trade Fairs
A Guide for small and medium sized Australian companies Small to medium sized Australian companies often visit domestic and international trade fairs. Trade fairs can be time and (often) sector...
A Guide for small and medium sized Australian companies Small to medium sized Australian companies often visit domestic and international...
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AUSTRALASIA
Shine Beauty Pty Ltd v Shine Ltd [2015] ATMO 21
This matter concerned the opposition by Shine Beauty to the non-use removal of its trade mark registration SHINE filed by Shine Ltd. Shine Beauty led evidence of its use of...
This matter concerned the opposition by Shine Beauty to the non-use removal of its trade mark registration SHINE filed...
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