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Advertising, Communications, Media, PR & Creative Agencies

03/12/15

Test Kitchen fails the Test

Thou shall not pass the Trade Mark Act if the phrase you intend on monopolising is too descriptive. Bauer Media, publisher of ‘Womans Day’ and ‘Australian Womens’ Weekly was recently reminded of this when they failed to register the phrase ‘TEST KITCHEN’ as a trade mark. A ‘test kitchen’ is a kitchen used to develop...

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GOOGLE to the rescue!

An American individual who uploads a hilarious video of their cat, dog or goldfish jamming to a prince hit could potentially be served with a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) take-down notice for copyright infringement. A recent announcement by Google is set to alter this trend and ensure that appropriate users are protected by the...

TPP Officially Released: Hakuna Matata for IP…well not quite

The TPP has finally been released following 7 years of negotiations, speculations and wiki-leak sneak peeks. It comes as no surprise that the final version hasn’t miraculously put out heated debate sparked by earlier leaks. With 12 countries in the TPP gang, compromises had to be made. The most contentious articles are explored below. PATENTS...

Woolworths and Aldi Under Fire For Unfair Suppliers Agreements

The new Grocery Code of Conduct was set up and implemented by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The code came as result of years of complaints from farmers and food manufacturers about unfair treatment from the supermarket giants. The code is there to ensure that retailers deal and negotiate with their partners in...

It’s a food fight! Nine roasts Seven in copyright battle

There is nothing new about television executives complaining that rival network has ripped-off one of their shows. But getting a court to agree is another story altogether, as Channel 7 recently found out! In a high ‘steaks’ legal stoush, Channel Seven tried to have Channel Nine’s new cooking show The Hotplate taken off the air...

Graffiti and copyright

You may remember Katy Perry wearing a Moschino-designed ‘graffiti’ dress at the Met Gala earlier this year? Or maybe you remember Gigi Hadid wearing it at the 2015 Moschino runway show? Last month, an American street artist known as ‘Rime’ (aka Joseph Tierney) filed a copyright infringement claim in a federal Californian court against both...

Architects are artists too!

The recent case Coles v Former and Ors [2015] is an interesting case that would be particularly appreciated by architects and designers. The claimant purchased a home from the original owners who had together with an architect come up with ideas and design plans for the house. The original architect invested considerable creative effort into the...

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