When someone google searches for your business contact information, other businesses may be showing up.
This can seriously impact your sales.
So how do you stop this from happening to your business or company? Continue reading »
Company Y chose a name for their business, and engaged a graphic designer to spend $5,000 on developing logos and brochures. Once the work was complete, Company Y’s director registered the company (at a cost of $1500) through ASIC to start the business. The director had heard of trademarks, but wasn’t sure of how relevant they were. Continue reading »
Company X traded for 10 years in Queensland without registering a trademark to protect their business name and website. They distributed software and hardware, mainly through a website, to many wholesalers and private buyers. Continue reading »
In 2010, a cherry grower paid more than $710,000 in damages, had their cherry trees removed after being found to infringe intellectual property (IP) rights of an existing cherry tree business.
If that wasn’t bad enough, they also had to pay a substantial proportion of the other sides’ lawyer fees. Continue reading »
BRCA1 and BRCA2 are two important genes utilized in testing for predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer. They have been patented in Australia, USA and elsewhere.
There has been concern amongst researchers and clinicians that these patents are hampering medical research, and that the patents have also resulted in exorbitantly high costs for diagnostic testing.
Facton Ltd & Ors v Chung Lim Sports Cap Pty Ltd & Ors [2010] FMCA 584 (decision released 16 August 2010)
Be careful that your trademark searches are thorough and you do not infringe a registered trademark! Have your trademarks attorney evaluate anything, even if there is even a slight resemblance. Even a small business owner at a market stall can get caught and taken to the Federal Magistrates Court. Continue reading »
The Australian Government has accepted recommendations by the Australian Council of Intellectual Property (ACIP) to amend the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) so that experimental use is an exception to patent infringement in certain circumstances.
The amendments are intended to provide clarity to researchers and prevent years of Court cases to resolve this long-standing issue, without unduly affecting patent rights (to still encourage investment in the pharmaceutical and other areas). Continue reading »
Google and many other search engines such as bing allows you to advertise and attract customers.
Be aware that a competitor may be seeking to register a Facebook account including your business name, company name, brand, logo or slogan.
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