Over the past 12 months Australia has undergone a huge over haul of its Intellectual Property system, which we’ve written about in thie changes to trademark law post. The changes came into effect on April 15, 2013. In my opinion – in so far as trademarks are related – one of the biggest changes is […]

Almost a year ago we wrote about the IP Law Reform to be introduced in Australia and discussed some of the key features of the reform. This is set to come into place from 15 April 2013 so it’s time to get ready and understand some key changes. There will be legislative changes across most […]

Did you know that we had a list of forms and publications available for download via our website? These are provided in an effort to make the often confusing area of intellectual property a little easier to understand. We need your feedback as to what forms or publications you’d like to see available for download […]

Happy New Year everyone! It seems that the holiday/festive season doesn’t stop or even slow down the number of trademark disputes going on around the globe. We thought we would start the blog for the year with a snap shot of a few cases that are in the media at the moment: Apple Inc, Nike […]

New Zealand has officially joined the list of countries available for designation in an international application filed through the Madrid Protocol! This means that if you are interested in protecting your trademark outside of Australia into multiple countries, you will now be able to include New Zealand in the single international application. Until the 10th […]