Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick | Australia | 1 Mar 2024
We are pleased to see the Australian Broadcasting Company tackle the topic of counterfeiting in its Foreign Correspondent “Faking It” program…
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick | Australia | 23 Feb 2024
Amendment to s.93(2) of the Trade Marks Act provided that applications for Cancellation of a trade mark registration for non-use under s. 92(4)(b)…
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick | Australia | 13 Feb 2024
The owner of the popular ‘House’ stores, engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct when it took part of Bed Bath ‘N’ Table’s branding for its new…
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick | Australia | 23 Jan 2024
In the decision Hanwha Solutions Corporation v REC Solar Pte Ltd [2023] FCA 1017, Justice Burley considered the application of the well-known test…
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick | Australia | 11 Jan 2024
Acronyms and initialisms and are frequently used by businesses to make their names more memorable and to distinguish themselves from competitors…
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick | Australia | 27 Nov 2023
McDonald’s trade mark registration for BIG MAC is not infringed by Hungry Jack’s use of the mark BIG JACK according to the Federal Court of Australia…
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick | United Kingdom, USA | 22 Nov 2023
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc and CRISPR Therapeutics AG have gained a world-first regulatory approval for the use of a CRISPR-based gene editing…
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick | Australia | 21 Sep 2023
The decision in UbiPark v TMA Capital Australia provides some useful commentary on the role of expert witness evidence in a patent infringement and…