Insights

Beware: Are crafty trade mark scammers taking your money?

Have you received an invoice relating to your trade mark application or registration from an unknown source? DO NOT PAY IT!  In the past 12 months, we have seen an

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Client services agreement for digital marketing agency

A digital marketing agency approached us to draft a template client services agreement that would protect them from future risk, whilst taking into consideration their intellectual property rights.

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Evidence is key: why maintaining records of trade mark use is critical

If you do not use your trade mark then you risk losing it either partially or completely. In this article we explore why it is important how keeping records of

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Deep industry knowledge led to urgent support on governance issue

Using our deep understanding of our client’s industry and business, we were able to quickly step in and support this member based not-for-profit with their governance issue during this challenging

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Creative drafting gets previously rejected trade mark approved

We acted for a not-for-profit on a trade mark application that had been rejected by IP Australia. We took a creative approach to demonstrate that the mark was factually distinctive.

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Recent Changes to Consumer Law Increase Penalties for Unfair Contract Terms

Recent changes to the ACL have increased penalties for breaches of unfair contracts legislation and have introduced penalties for unfair contract terms.

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Specification is key: the important of trade mark classification

Choosing the correct classes and drafting appropriate specifications to adequately clarify the scope and basis of your offerings can be complicated and can have significant implications if done incorrectly.

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