Goodbye yellow: the end of the road for Telstra’s YELLOW trade mark?
…for registration of a trade mark must be rejected if the trade mark is not capable of distinguishing the applicant’s goods or services in respect of which the trade mark…
Search Results for Trade mark registration stacks up for JB Hi-Fi
Assignment cannot cure defect in trade mark application
…of his company. Trade mark ownership For someone to own a trade mark either: For a trade mark already in use – the trade mark applicant must have first adopted…
Lessons from Clipsal’s trade mark battle for the cancellation of CLIPSO
…registration. Shape trade mark registrations can be difficult to enforce. Using shape trade marks with other distinctive trade marks can dilute the perception of use of the shape ‘as a…
Nudie Stitch Up Jeans Pocket Trademark
…won’t be the last) clothing manufacturer to attempt to protect the stitching on their goods which act as a trademark. The first stitching trademark we are aware of (that is…
Lion’s frothie trade mark gets knocked back
...a reminder for those businesses coining new trade marks in New Zealand and hoping to obtain a trade mark registration, that it pays to adopt inventive trade marks and avoid...
StockX jumps on bad faith trade mark
…mark registers for bad faith filings or applications for similar marks and on the marketplace for trade mark misuse. Trade mark watching is a service that we have a lot…
Federal Court rules on use of Trade Marks as keywords
…in other jurisdictions had found that keyword use did infringe trade mark Federal Court rules on use of Trade Marks as keywords Russell Waters, Partner Trade Marks registrations. However, Australian…
Feathers fly in trade mark case: licensing lessons from Lodestar
…owner do? A trade mark owner that does not use its trade marks itself in Australia, and does not have a subsidiary that does so, needs to have a trade…