Category Archives: Intellectual Property
Fluid trade marking
People typically think of trade marks as being static 2 dimensional brands with which consumers develop a familiarity over time. Enter contemporary marketeers a […]
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Why Converse is suing 31 companies
The popular shoe company Converse (now owned by Nike) recently filed lawsuits against retailers and manufacturers, who it alleges have been making counterfeits […]
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Shhhh… it’s a (trade) secret
Most employees are privy to confidential information during the course of their employment. Employers usually include provisions in employment contracts prohibi […]
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Pay per click
Keyword advertising is recognised parlance in the e-commerce world. But, hang on, what is it? It is an online advertising service that places advertising copy a […]
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Apple takes a bite out of retail
In November 2010 Apple Inc obtained a three-dimensional trade mark of the layout of their ‘flagship’ stores in the United States as depicted below. Since t […]
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Privacy cleared for take off
In a recent decision by the Privacy Commissioner1, a Virgin Australia airline passenger suffered damage through the collection and disclosure of his sensitive p […]
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Left out of LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the professional social network of choice for a reported 300million users. Its wide reach and importance to business has prompted discussion regardi […]
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Copyright: gloves off in journalism row
Australia’s largest newspaper group, News Corporation, and its new local online competitor, Daily Mail Australia are involved in an increasingly bitter row. T […]
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WIPO: resolving domain name disputes
Cybersquatting occurs when people register domain names in bad faith with the intention of making a profit from the goodwill of a trade mark that they do not ow […]
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Anything UCANN do ICANN do better
Rather than the options for domain names being limited to '.com,' '.net,' '.org,' and a handful of other generic top level domains (gTLDs), there could soon be […]
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