All Mallesons Pulse Posts
All Mallesons Pulse Posts
The Pirate Bay sold, and the judge hadn’t sold out
2 July 2009
Our previous post on The Pirate Bay discussed the decision of a Swedish court to convict the creators of the world’s most popular BitTorrent site, on the basis of aiding and abetting the copyright infringement of the site’s users.
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Further judicial clarity on the meaning of ‘innovative step’
2 July 2009
The Full Federal Court has given further content to the concept of ‘innovative step’ contained in the Patents Act 1990 innovation patent system.
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Talking sense into Google AdSense: ECJ to consider competitor keyword advertising
1 July 2009
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has been invited to consider the use of competitors’ trade marks in search engine keyword advertising.
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A story of blimps and telephones: governments take a stand on “ambush marketing”
26 June 2009
Despite its combative connotations, ‘ambush marketing’ does not refer to aggressive telemarketers, or the volume of TV advertising these days.
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Copycat perfumes and coat-tails: “unfair advantage” in the European Court of Justice
24 June 2009
L’Oreal produces and markets a number of well-known fragrances, including the perfumes Trésor, Miracle and Anaïs-Anaïs.
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UPDATE: ACCC says “STOP” to a mobile premium service’s misleading advertisements
23 June 2009
On June 5, shortly after the registration of the premium mobile services industry code (discussed here), the Federal Court made declarations that AMV Holding had breached sections 52 and 53 of the TPA in their “BLiNG” advertisements for premium mobile services, published in the popular “Dolly”, “Girlfriend”, and “TV Hits” magazines (ACCC v AMV Holding Ltd [2009] FCA 605).
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US court awards $80,000 per song in key P2P filesharing case
22 June 2009
Since 2003, the RIAA and major music labels have launched proceedings against approximately 35,000 users of online peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing networks, including Kazaa.
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Chocolate: the “flavour of the month” in European intellectual property law too …
18 June 2009
It’s good to see that European intellectual property lawyers are grappling with issues surrounding the appearance and packaging of chocolate as much as we are here in Australia (albeit in a slightly different context).
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