by Jeanette Jifkins | May 30, 2017 | Legal Articles
On 3 February 2017, Australian television broadcaster Foxtel televised a highly anticipated boxing match between two well-known boxers, Danny Green and Anthony Mundine. To watch the fight, viewers were required to subscribe through Foxtel and pay a fee to watch the...
by Jeanette Jifkins | Nov 28, 2016 | Legal Articles
Stop and Pause: being too quick to assert your Intellectual Property rights could land you in hot water. Do you think that someone is using your work in an illegal way? Stop and pause before you threaten them with legal action, as accusing someone of infringing your...
by Jeanette Jifkins | Nov 21, 2016 | Legal Articles
A couple of things you should know before making an application for a trademark: Registration has local affect (Australia) only, unless you specifically make and pay for an international application The cost of international applications vary depending upon the...
by Jeanette Jifkins | May 17, 2016 | Legal Articles
Where the keywords used are “invisible and inaudible, indeed imperceptible, to consumers” their use cannot be as a trade mark to distinguish goods or services. In March 2016 Her Honour Justice Katzmann made it very clear that using a competitor’s trade mark in the...