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Cadbury and Darrell Lea settle

27 August 2009

Darrell Lea and Cadbury have settled their long running dispute relating to the use of the colour purple by Darrell Lea and the applications by Cadbury to register trade marks for the colour purple.

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Mallesons patent and pharmaceutical law specialist speaks at 2nd Annual Pharmaceutical Law Conference

20 August 2009

By James Ellsmore

Kim O’Connell, patent and pharmaceutical law specialist at Mallesons, spoke yesterday at IIR’s 2nd Annual Pharmaceutical Law Conference in Sydney.

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Careful consideration required when scoping assignments of future IP

17 August 2009

By David Freyne

Commercialisation of patents, particularly in the biotech sector, can be fraught with difficulties.

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Use it or lose it? The first High Court case on the new Trade Marks Act

13 August 2009

By Duncan Campbell

On 31 July 2009 the High Court granted special leave to appeal in E & J Gallo Winery v Lion Nathan Australia Pty Limited.

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“Person aggrieved”: a burden on the public freedom to trade?

13 August 2009

By Duncan Campbell

On 31 July 2009 the High Court granted special leave to appeal in two trade marks matters.

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Domain name disputes: gaydar.net.au vs mygaydar.com

7 August 2009

By Nicholas Smith

In a recent .au Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (auDRP) dispute concerning the domain name gaydar.net.au, the World Intellectual Property Organization domain name panellist ordered the transfer of gaydar.net.au to the complainant (see WIPO Case No.

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How will China’s competition law affect IP rights?

7 August 2009

By Nai Kwok

It’s interesting to see early attempts by Chinese Authorities to draw a line between the legitimate exercise of IP rights, and misuse of market power.

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Kookaburra pecking at Men at Work

31 July 2009

By Georgia Douglas

Earlier this month I commented on the copyright dispute between Men at Work and Larrikin Music about an allegedly stolen flute riff.

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Government considering “three strikes” policy for illegal downloaders

28 July 2009

By Melissa Anderson

Following the release of the government’s report on the Digital Economy, the Communications minister, Stephen Conroy, has indicated that the government is seriously considering the introduction of a three strikes policy to deter illegal downloaders.

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“Help-Help-Copyright-in-Danger”: Pacific Technologies’ unsuccessful bid to claim original literary work in ‘Help Words’

23 July 2009

By Amelia Edwards

In a recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia, Pacific Technologies (Australia) Pty Ltd was unsuccessful in its claim to copyright in the words “Help-Help-Driver-in-Danger-Call-Police-Ph.000”.

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