feeds from intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au http://intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/rss/ en-au http://intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/rss/ http://intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/static/campfire/layouts/images/omg-logo-small.png http://www.intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/news/2011/2/22/rumbles-in-jungle-over-trop-top-dog/ Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST news ONE minute Damon Gameau was basking in the glory of winning Tropfest, the next he was dealing with a backlash.When his catchy animation, Animal Beatbox, was posted on YouTube, it sparked a lively debate about its resemblance to other short films.Some viewers noted similarities to a comic clip called Dog Cat by an English video maker called Eustace, who asked, "Is this a rip-off of my video?" Others compared it to three other shorts on YouTube - The Badger Song, Chicken Monkey Duck and ...

ONE minute Damon Gameau was basking in the glory of winning Tropfest, the next he was dealing with a backlash.

http://www.intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/news/2010/3/12/postcode-3000/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST news It's all Greek to one as another turns JapaneseTHERE is a Greek tragedy and a Greek coincidence. John Pandazopolous, the former tourism minister who pushed a rickshaw with John So to promote Miss Saigon, is a busy backbencher and something's been brewing in his electorate. Agora Merchandising imports the Greek beer Craft, so Panda cheerfully launched the beverage at the Eureka Tower. He was ably assisted in the taste-testing by George Kapiniaris and MP Martin Foley, the co-chairman of the Parlia ...

It's all Greek to one as another turns Japanese

http://www.intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/news/2010/2/24/nsw-ticketing-fiasco-a-winner-for-lawyers/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST news Ten years on, the failed Tcard project is finally heading to court, writes Elisabeth Sexton. Sydney has a new blueprint for public transport. It does not have a new ticketing system for it. On Friday, when the NSW government was applying the finishing touches to its Metropolitan Transport Plan, Justice Robert McDougall noted in the NSW Supreme Court that its attempts to introduce an integrated ticketing system have been "so far unsuccessful".Unlike many cities around the world, Sydney ...

Ten years on, the failed Tcard project is finally heading to court, writes Elisabeth Sexton.

http://www.intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/news/2010/2/15/the-kookaburra-copyright-decision-has-serious-implications-for-artists-in-all-forms/ Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST news COURT decisions, particularly those involving heinous crimes, are typical talkback and tabloid fodder. But how often does the heinous crime that has the public up in arms revolve around the obscurity of copyright law?Last week, the Federal Court found that Men at Work had infringed the copyright of Larrikin music in its iconic early '80s hit Down Under with that flute riff lifted from Kookaburra Sits In the Old Gum Tree. The reaction seemed to range from the bemused to the incredulous. Comments ...

COURT decisions, particularly those involving heinous crimes, are typical talkback and tabloid fodder. But how often does the heinous crime that has the public up in arms revolve around the obscurity of copyright law?

http://www.intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/news/2009/9/12/raised-from-the-ashes/ Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST news It was meant to stir, and stir it did. David Marr revisits The National Times – a masthead about to be reborn. The body was not cold when we laid out page one. The state funeral was still days away. What we did would be condemned as disgraceful, despicable, gutter journalism and utter bad taste. It was also true. Over a big picture of the former premier of NSW waving a fat cigar we ran the headline: “Askin: Friend to Organised Crime.”This was late 1981. The National Times, conceived as a S ...

It was meant to stir, and stir it did. David Marr revisits The National Times – a masthead about to be reborn.

http://www.intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/news/2009/9/10/manufacturers-bent-out-of-shape-over-trademark-laws/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST news AUSTRALIAN marketers are facing stiff resistance in getting shapes or symbols registered as trademarks. This follows a court ruling that has left experts to ponder if the business of branding is only going to get harder.Last month, Belgian chocolate maker Guylian lost a seven-year battle to register its seahorse-shaped chocolates as a trademark.Upholding a previous decision by the trade marks registrar, a Federal Court judge found the shape was not distinctive enough for consumers to believe it ...

AUSTRALIAN marketers are facing stiff resistance in getting shapes or symbols registered as trademarks. This follows a court ruling that has left experts to ponder if the business of branding is only going to get harder.

http://www.intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/news/2009/9/10/marketers-out-of-shape-on-trademarks/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST news AUSTRALIAN marketers are facing stiff resistance in getting shapes or symbols registered as trademarks, after a significant decision in the courts that has left experts wondering if the business of branding will only get harder.Last month the Belgian chocolate manufacturer Guylian lost a seven-year battle to register its seahorse-shaped chocolates as a trademark. Upholding a previous decision by the Trademarks Registrar, a Federal Court judge found that the shape was not distinctive enough for c ...

AUSTRALIAN marketers are facing stiff resistance in getting shapes or symbols registered as trademarks, after a significant decision in the courts that has left experts wondering if the business of branding will only get harder.

http://www.intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/news/2009/8/25/greens-stuck-in-a-cult-mentality/ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST news Environment groups are going about carbon cuts the wrong way, writes Tony Cutcliffe. AT A recent event, two environment professionals offered their big fixes for carbon pollution. Fresh off an aeroplane, one suggested that cars should be banned forthwith (“people will adapt”). Revelling in naivete, the other proposed that countries' carbon abatement plans should require concurrent approval of at least three environmental organisations.These responses illustrate the intellectual paucity of Au ...

Environment groups are going about carbon cuts the wrong way, writes Tony Cutcliffe.

http://www.intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/news/2009/7/30/competition-watchdog-finds-it-useful-just-to-nip-at-advertisers-heels/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST news The ACCC is open to negotiation in actions against advertisers. IS THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission going soft on advertisers? Or is it just being expedient, avoiding lengthy court cases in favour of a quick and speedy resolution in the form of a court-enforceable undertaking.Ever since the high-profile case against Coca-Cola in April, there have been murmurings within the legal profession and the advertising industry that the competition regulator has been shying away from tak ...

The ACCC is open to negotiation in actions against advertisers.

http://www.intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/news/2009/7/30/is-accc-keeping-its-powder-dry-or-going-soft/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST news Is the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission going soft on advertisers? Or is it just being expedient, avoiding lengthy court cases in favour of a quick and speedy resolution in the form of a court-enforceable undertaking?Ever since the high-profile case against Coca-Cola in April there have been murmurings within the legal profession and the advertising industry that the competition regulator has been shying away from taking rogue advertisers to court.In Coca-Cola's case – those ludi ...

Is the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission going soft on advertisers? Or is it just being expedient, avoiding lengthy court cases in favour of a quick and speedy resolution in the form of a court-enforceable undertaking?

http://www.intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/news/2009/7/7/copyright-lawsuit-for-harry-potter-author/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST news J K Rowling, famous author of the multi-billion dollar Harry Potter novels, is under fire from another author accused of copyright infringement of a Harry Potter-style character that was created over ten years before the first Potter novel was published. It is alleged that an English writer, Adrian Jacobs, wrote and tried to publish his book Willy the Wizard in 1987 with the same agent who later represented Rowling. The Jacobs book was published by Bachman and Turner in 1987. Copyri ...

Copyright infringement lawsuit filed against J K Rowling in potential billion dollar intellectual property case.

http://www.intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/news/2009/7/4/bright-ideas-light-the-way/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST news Unable to compete on price, Australia needs to get the creative juices flowing, writes Jim Bright. Many commentators, including myself, take the view that if we want to maintain our standard of living in the 21st century, those of us not involved in digging valuable stuff out of the ground will increasingly need to do work that is creative and innovative. Work that is imitative simply reproducing a product or service is moving, or has moved, offshore to the low-wage economies of India, China, Br ...

Unable to compete on price, Australia needs to get the creative juices flowing, writes Jim Bright.

http://www.intellectualpropertylawyers.com.au/news/2009/6/23/welcome-to-intellectualpropertylawyerscomau/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST news Welcome to IntellectualPropertyLawyers.com.au, a complete directory of Australia's prominent intellectual property lawyers with full contact details and locations to help find one near you. Created in an easy-to-use format and divided into state-by-state directories, this directory is able to provide all the latest developments in Australian intellectual property law from local news to global issues while also providing explanations of some of the basic terms and laws in Aus ...

Welcome to IntellectualPropertyLawyers.com.au, a complete directory of Australia's prominent intellectual property lawyers with full contact details and locations to help find one near you.