Lara Gun
FB Rice
Articles
The value of registering copyright in China
China - September 3 2020 The registration of copyright in China can be a useful weapon for brand owners in the protection of intellectual property rights…
New Zealand: New Year Brings Changes to Trade Marks Act
New Zealand - March 16 2020 The Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2019 came into effect in New Zealand on January 13, 2020, introducing the following key…
Descriptive trade marks: can David, Goliath and all their mates now use “community bank”?
Australia - December 2 2019 In rectification proceedings, the Federal Court of Australia recently allowed Cancellation of a registration for “COMMUNITY BANK” under s88 of the…
Trade mark use must meet standards for ‘Authorised Use’
Australia - May 1 2019 The decision of the Federal Court in Calico Global Pty Ltd v. Calico LLC, [2018] FCA 2096, which was issued on December 21, 2018, is a reminder for…
Australia: trade mark non-use grace period scaled back
Australia - February 25 2019 On 24 February 2019 the remainder of a number of IP legislation improvements under the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission…
