Win for the little guy in Apple “i” wars
…registration of the Australian trade mark POD. Apple had appealed the Trade Mark Registrar’s earlier decision to refuse registration of the POD trade mark after Line 6, Inc argued it…
Search Results for Trade mark registration stacks up for JB Hi-Fi
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…
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…
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…
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...
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…
High Court calls last drinks on Lion Nathan’s Barefoot Radler
…HCA 15, resulting in a finding that the trade mark is both valid and infringed by Lion Nathan’s “Barefoot Radler” beer. At first instance Gallo’s allegation of trade mark infringement…
Two retailers concurrent use of the same trade mark – “Colorado”
…there is another trader concurrently using the same mark. Ownership If a trade mark has been used prior to the date of application for registration (as “Colorado” had been in…