Shrinking the public domain – US Supreme Court affirms copyright protection for foreign works
23 February 2012
Following our previous post involving copyright protection (Copyright or copy-wrong?
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What’s good for the “Wild Turkey” is not so good for the “Wild Geese”: Full Federal Court orders removal of “Wild Geese” mark
23 February 2012
Austin, Nichols & Co Inc and Rare Breed Distilling LLC, the former and current owners of Wild Turkey bourbon, have successfully had the trade mark “WILD GEESE” removed from the Register.
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Oikos! Is that a John Butler Trio song? Ad aired during Super Bowl XLVI leads to copyright dispute
21 February 2012
For advertisers in the United States, Christmas is over.
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California Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Bayer’s pay-for-delay agreement
21 February 2012
On Wednesday 15 February 2012 the California Supreme Court agreed to consider whether pharmaceutical company Bayer Corporation has violated California’s antitrust (competition) laws by entering a ‘pay-for-delay’ agreement with would be generic manufacturers of Cipro, an antibiotic.
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To the Batmobile! Copyright returns to Gotham City
21 February 2012
DC Comics has never been ashamed about standing up for truth and justice.
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Tribunal grants stay of decision to cancel ARTG registrations for prescription pain killers
21 February 2012
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) has granted Aspen Pharmacare Australia Pty Limited (“Aspen”) a stay of a decision of the Thereapeutic Goods Administration (subsequently affirmed by the Minister for Health and Ageing) to cancel from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods two prescription pain killers – Di-Gesic and Doloxene.
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One step closer to a National Business Name Registration System
17 February 2012
We earlier posted about the introduction of the new National Business Names Registration System.
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“Would you like a defribillator with that?” When life meets brand promise at Heart Attack Grill
17 February 2012
The top two topics trending globally on Twitter yesterday morning related to a man who reportedly suffered a heart attack at a restaurant in Las Vegas called Heart Attack Grill on Saturday night, while eating a burger aptly entitled a “Triple Bypass Burger” – see news report here.
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Stone the crows: Australia’s iconic Ettamogah Pub found to be in breach of IP licence
15 February 2012
The owners of one of Australia’s most iconic and “most photographed pub in the world” (self-professed), the “Ettamogah Pub”, have been embroiled in a dispute in the New South Wales Supreme Court with claims, among others, that it is has not paid royalties owed under its exclusive license to use intellectual property from the cartoon series “The Ettamogah Pub Mob”.
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Say my name, say my name: Beyonce and Jay-Z’s daughter “Blue Ivy” at the centre of latest trade mark stoush
15 February 2012
New parents often spend hours agonising over what to name their baby.
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