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Facebook status update (part 1): the legal battle behind Facebook Timeline

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2013

We think the folks at Facebook been busy. From "Timeline" to "Typosquatters" to "Tight New Restrictions" on use of brand assets, there's plenty for

Facebook status update (Part 3): I can use any logo I want to refer to Facebook right?

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Global
  • -
  • May 21 2013

We previously posted about other legal issues which have been keeping Facebook busy lately, namely, a legal dispute over its use of the term

ACCC 2013 agenda offers little for businesses involved in social media

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
  • -
  • February 25 2013

It is surprising that the ACCC's updated Compliance and Enforcement Policy for 2013 makes no express mention of social media. Introduced by Rod Sims

Google Inc v ACCC: More detailed analysis

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • February 6 2013

Further to our breaking news post this morning (we promised there was more to follow!), our Anthony McKew and John Swinson have prepared an alert on

Phoenix rises from the ashes for Australian designer brand

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
  • -
  • January 16 2013

Australian designer brand Viktoria Woods has renamed its iconic leather jacket due to a "trademark technicality". As announced on its Facebook page

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but make Facebook comments about me and you’re in tricky territory

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
  • -
  • December 21 2012

We previously posted about Justice Tracey's recent Federal Court decision where the designer of "White Sands" swimwear was fined $25,000 for public

Oppa spin-off style: trading off someone else’s goodwill in a viral video

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
  • -
  • December 19 2012

In early October, we posted about the creators of viral K-Pop video 'Gangnam Style' facing a trade mark fight in the Korean Intellectual Property Office

AANA releases best practice guideline for digital space

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • November 29 2012

On 26 November 2012, the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) released a best practice guideline on how the AANA Codes apply in the digital space

Attorneys-general considering new national social media laws

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • October 5 2012

State and territory attorneys-general met with Federal Attorney-General Nicola Roxon in Brisbane today to consider the possibility of new national laws to regulate social media

Oppa lawyer style: protecting IP rights in a viral video

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • South Korea
  • -
  • October 1 2012

The creators of ‘Gangnam Style’, the K-Pop video by Korean rapper PSY, which went viral after being released in July, are reportedly facing a trade mark fight in the Korean Intellectual Property Office over rights to the commercial use of the name ‘Gangnam Style’