All Mallesons Pulse Posts
All Mallesons Pulse Posts
Oze, Oze, Oze: A Mitey Victory for Dick Smith Investments Pty Ltd
18 August 2016
The Federal Court has ruled that Dick Smith’s Ozemite trade mark can remain on the Register, forcing patriotic-spread-loving Australians to choose between it and competitor, Aussie Mite.
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Wi-fi tracking of students in Australia
17 August 2016
Recent publicity about an Australian university’s practice of tracking the location of people connected to the university’s wi-fi network raises a mixture of policy and legal issues.
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ACCC publishes Part IIIA access undertakings guidelines
16 August 2016
The ACCC has published its Part IIIA access undertaking guidelines, following a public consultation on the draft in May 2016
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An apparently ‘precious’ ring: Federal Court grants summary judgment to rule them all
12 August 2016
The Federal Court of Australia has given summary judgment in Tolkien Estate Limited v Saltalamacchia [2016] FCA 944 for Tolkien Estate Limited (representing the estate of the late JRR Tolkien) against a jewellery trader selling rings bearing the infamous inscription of the ‘One Ring’ from Tolkien’s The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings series.
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You win some, you lose some
11 August 2016
Partial win for the ACCC in high voltage cable cartel litigation
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“Your word is your bond”: Is Trump’s plagiarism of Obama copyright infringement?
10 August 2016
As the US presidential election continues, with it comes more copyright controversies.
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STG v Trojan: protecting trade mark rights in the context of parallel importation
4 August 2016
In the recent decision in Scandinavian Tobacco Group Eersel BV v Trojan Trading Company Pty Ltd [2016] FCAFC 91 (STG v Trojan), the Full Federal Court held that the defence to trade mark infringement under section 123 of the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) (Act), based on the trade mark owner’s consent to application of the trade mark, will apply to the removal and reapplication of a manufacturer’s trade mark by a parallel importer.
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Truck manufacturers are reeling after EC’s hit-and-run with record cartel fines
28 July 2016
On 19 July 2016, the European Commission announced that it had imposed record cartel fines
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ACCC charting new waters with first criminal cartel prosecution
22 July 2016
Japanese shipping company pleads guilty in Australia’s first ever criminal cartel proceedings
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