This decision provides some useful takeaways for Applicant’s dealing with oppositions by well-known brand owners in unrelated fields of activity. Although the marks in question here differed by only the first letter, the decision focussed on examining the nature of the claimed services...
Lexvoco Pty Ltd v InCounsel Pty Ltd [2019] ATMO 83 On 30 May 2019, the Australian Trade Marks Office handed down its decision regarding opposition of the Trade Mark LEXOO belonging to our client, InCounsel Pty Ltd. Lexoo (now InCounsel) operates an innovative legal...
Capital Safety Group EMEA and 3M Company v Classic Supplies Pty Ltd [2019] ATMO 10 On 22 January 2019, the Australian Trade Marks Office handed down its decision regarding opposition of the Trade Mark PROTECTAWARE belonging to our client, Capital Safety Pty Ltd. The...
Storm in A Coffee Cup Recently, Australian coffee cup innovators KeepCup launched Federal Court proceedings against Gloria Jean’s coffee chain claiming infringement of their certified design rights to their KeepCup Brew cup. Gloria Jean’s has been selling a similar...
Lessons for David “David v Goliath” is a much loved media term to describe legal battles between a deep pockets party (the Goliath) against a less financially equipped adversary (the David). It’s also a term loved by the Davids as it evokes the imagery of the little...
Did you know you can Trade Mark a scent? We discuss why you might want to and how to do it in this weeks article, comparing the recent Play-Doh Scent Trade Mark filing with Australia’s only registered scent Trade Mark....
Australian Chiropractors Association Limited v Chiro Care Mattresses Pty Ltd [2021] ATMO 28 This matter involved an application for removal of the Australian Chiropractors Association (ACA)’s CHIRO trade mark by our client Chiro Care Mattresses (Chiro Care). ACA has...
Fuji Television Network, Inc v Iron Chef Pizza Pty Ltd (2021) This article follows on from the Opposition Case Analysis posted earlier in the year. This matter involved an application for removal of Fuji Television Network’s (Fuji)’s IRON CHEF trade mark by our client...
Japanese lawmaker Takashi Kii says he is pushing for regulation to protect copyright holders from being infringed on by artificial intelligence algorithms.Japanese artificial intelligence experts and researchers are urging caution over the use of illegally obtained...
Big shout out to our client Zahara Designz who finally got their trade mark registered today after a 3 year contested opposition with clothing label ZARA! Please check out their amazing African-inspired clothing range if you are in Perth...
