Nicola Scheepers
Griffith Hack
Articles
Certification Trade Marks: The buzz and battle over ‘Mānuka’ honey
Australia, New Zealand - September 2 2020 Mānuka is the Māori name for the Leptospermum scoparium, a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Mānuka nectar is renowned for…
Beating trade mark squatters in China - How Penfolds won back its name
China - January 23 2017 Since entering the Chinese market Treasury Wine Estates has distributed Penfolds wines, including its prestigious Grange, under the name Ben Fu…
Flagging the importance of Trade Mark choice
Australia, USA - July 28 2020 The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in the US (TTAB) recently refused the registration of a trade mark (shown below) because it includes the image…
Why trade marks matter for wine makers and how “bad faith” can stop their registration
Australia - November 21 2018 This is why protecting a wine’s brand, which is reflected on the label, and its associated trade marks is so critical to wine makers. Just look at…
Overseas Trade Mark Update - December 2022
Australia, Global, United Kingdom, USA - December 21 2022 Nicola Scheepers and Jacqueline Simpkin address new developments for attorneys registering trade marks in the United States and the United Kingdom…
