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Key changes to Australian trade mark law in 2013

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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March 25 2013

The implementation of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 and proposed Regulations under that Act will have a

The “.sky” is the limit

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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December 10 2012

We have all become familiar with “.com”, “.org” and “.net” domains

Liability of businesses for user posted content on social media platforms

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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December 10 2012

The Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) has recently determined that material appearing on a business’ Facebook page is a form of marketing and advertising

Federal court finds Winnebago brand was “hijacked” by Australian company thirty years ago

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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September 7 2012

In Winnebago Industries Inc v Knott Investments Pty Ltd (No 2) 2012 FCA 785, a single judge of the Federal Court of Australia found that an Australian company which in 1982 adopted the US brand ‘Winnebago’, had engaged in passing off and misleading and deceptive conduct

The new baker's dozen - Australian privacy principles

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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July 19 2012

In May 2012, the Federal Government tabled in Parliament the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Bill 2012 (Bill

The leagues strike back

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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June 7 2012

The Full Federal Court has unanimously overturned an earlier trial judge’s decision in favour of Optus (as reported in E-Bulletin - March 2012

Movie studios fail in appeal against internet service providers

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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May 10 2012

The High Court has unanimously decided that an internet service provider, iiNet, is not liable for authorising the copyright infringements by its users who downloaded movies on its network

Optus claims foul play

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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April 12 2012

Following Optus’s recent success in legal proceedings brought by the AFL and NRL, Andrew Demetriou CEO of the AFL made several remarks about Optus’s TV Now Service