Parallel Universes Converge: Trade Mark Act Amendments
An act with the lengthy title Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Act 2018 [Amending Act] was passed by both Houses of the Commonwealth…
Branding for WET
The need for trade marks When the Wine Equalisation Tax (WET) Act[1] was amended with effect from 1 July 2018 to introduce additional eligibility criteria to claim the WET producer rebate, amongst…
Do You Own Your Trade Mark?
A trade mark may be one of the most valuable assets of a business. It may be a name, a word or words, or a logo, or a combination of these. Use by Other Entities It is common in business groups for…
EU Data Bomb: Australian Collateral Damage
On 25 May 2018 the European Union [EU or Union] General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR] came into effect. The GDPR is a law directed to the protection of privacy and personal information, like the…
Mandatory Data Breach Notification
On Thursday 22 February 2018 the Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme (NDB Scheme) commenced. Businesses subject to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) are now obligated to report and notify the…
New Data Breach Laws – Call for a Free ‘No Obligation’ Discussion
As of 22 February 2018 businesses that are subject to the Privacy Act 1988 must now notify the Privacy Commissioner if an eligible data breach occurs. We outlined the details of these new laws in…
Copyright Infringement
The Imitation Game: The Perils of Copying a Developer’s Code
Long Live the Queen (Adelaide Trade Mark)
If you have trade marks you probably know about the “use it or lose it” provisions. In order to maintain your trade mark registration you need to continue to use your registered mark in the course of…
The Case For IP Changes – Productivity Commission Intellectual Property Report
The Productivity Commission Enquiry Report on Intellectual Property Arrangements was presented to Parliament on 20 December 2015 following a long period of consultation and many submissions. The…
Trade Mark Lessons From 2016 – Take-aways for 2017
As with any year, 2016 gave us a fair amount of activity in the intellectual property space. The end of 2016 saw the handing down of the Productivity Commissions Inquiry Report into Intellectual…
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