A Glob­al Meet­ing of the Brands

Jun 21, 2016

In Brief Last month, I rep­re­sent­ed Swaab Attor­neys at the 138th Annu­al Meet­ing of the Inter­na­tion­al Trade­mark Asso­ci­a­tion (INTA) in Orlan­do…
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Attack­ing IP infringers — look before you leap

May 18, 2016

Intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty may be the most valu­able asset your busi­ness pos­sess­es. It is there­fore wise to be on guard against…
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Gear­ing and Pro­tect­ing Intel­lec­tu­al Prop­er­ty for the World Market

Nov 27, 2015

In brief Trade has been a big focus for the Aus­tralian Gov­ern­ment in recent months. New­ly mint­ed bi-lat­er­al and mul­ti-lat­er­al inter­na­tion­al…
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Build­ing your busi­ness around innovation

Oct 20, 2015

In brief Inno­va­tion is the soil from which all suc­cess­ful busi­ness­es grow – not only as start-ups, but even in…
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Are your brands at risk?

Sep 21, 2015

In brief The val­ue of your brands Some­times, the truth hurts. Nev­er is that more true than with a com­pa­ny’s brand –…
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Bud­get pro­pos­als offer start-ups an oppor­tu­ni­ty to get their legal house in order from the start

May 19, 2015

In Brief The Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment announced new mea­sures in its bud­get this week that will no doubt be wel­come to…
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Will ille­gal down­load­ers be forced to pay their dues and join the Club?

Apr 17, 2015

In Brief On 7 April 2015, the Fed­er­al Court of Aus­tralia hand­ed down a land­mark rul­ing involv­ing pira­cy and pri­va­cy, and inter­net…
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Cel­lar­mas­ter Wines must swal­low a $110,000 penal­ty from ACMA

Jun 24, 2013

In Brief ACMA’s most recent­ly pub­li­cised enforce­ment action, against Cel­lar­mas­ter Wines Pty Ltd (part of the Wool­worths group) acts as…
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ACCC takes first enforce­ment action under ​“unfair con­tract” laws in the Aus­tralian Con­sumer Law

May 15, 2013

In Brief- Don’t be caught in the ACC­C’s crosshairs The Aus­tralian Com­pe­ti­tion and Con­sumer Com­mis­sion (ACCC) has start­ed to take…
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3D print­ing — Top 10 IP challenges

May 10, 2013

In brief 3D scan­ning and print­ing tech­nol­o­gy has the poten­tial to rev­o­lu­tionise man­u­fac­tur­ing, like the rise of the per­son­al com­put­er…
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