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Australia | High Court Dismisses ZIP V Firstmac Appeal

This is a significant result for registered rights owners and for the law of trade marks in Australia, affirming the protection afforded to registered trade mark holders against concurrent users who cannot demonstrate...

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Spruson & Ferguson

IP Australia 2026 Intellectual Property Report

IP Australia's fourteenth edition of the Australian Intellectual Property Report reveals significant shifts in IP filing trends, with trade marks and designs reaching record highs while patent applications decline.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Pointon Partners Selects Questel’s Markify Platform To Screen And Monitor His Brand And Trademark Rights Effectively

Questel, a global leader in intellectual property (IP) solutions, is pleased to announce that Pointon Partners has chosen its trademark clearance and watch platform, Markify, to support and enhance its trademark services.

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Questel

Australia | Navigating Best Method After NOCO

The Full Federal Court's decision in The NOCO Company v Brown and Watson has fundamentally altered Australia's patent landscape by establishing that divisional applications must disclose the best method known at the divisional filing date, not the parent application date. This ruling creates significant challenges for patent applicants managing global portfolios, as improvements discovered between parent and divisional filings must now be disclosed or risk patent invalidity.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Australia | (Coffee) Grounds Of Appeal: Trade Mark Victory For Black Star Pastry

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Spruson & Ferguson

Fair Dealing: The Australian Context

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Spruson & Ferguson

Popstar Katy Perry Loses To Katie Perry, Fashion Designer, In Trademark Dispute

European Union IP

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Novagraaf Group

The Power Of GI Protection: The Battle Over Names In The Global Drinks Market

European Union IP

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Novagraaf Group

Geografische aanduidingen in de wijn- en spiritssector: strijd om beschermde namen

European Union IP

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Novagraaf Group

Katy And Katie : The Fashion Designer And The Pop Star

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ENS

Dividing And Conquering: Best Method Obligations Follow Every Divisional Patent Application

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K&L Gates LLP

Amazon Brand Registry: The Trade Mark Tool You’re Overlooking

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Bed Bath ‘N’ Table V GRBA: When Similar Trade Marks Become Misleading

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Coleman Greig Lawyers

Trade Mark Risk In Product Launches: Court Orders Withdrawal Of 47,000 Gift Cards

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Podcast: Coffee With CGW – Get To Know Andrew Vella

Australia Litigation

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Cooper Grace Ward

Employer-sponsored Visas Take Priority In 2026/27 Migration Program As Regional Allocations Decline

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Essential ESG: Episode 26 – Insights From The 2025 UN Forum On Business And Human Rights

Australia Environment

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Struggling With Personal Debts (Video)

Australia Insolvency

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Worrells

How To Deal With Key Jamming: Legal Advice For Employers

Australia Employment

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LegalVision

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Fair Dealing: The Australian Context

Australia's fair dealing doctrine operates under strict statutory limitations, confining copyright exceptions to specific purposes like research, criticism, and news reporting. Unlike the more flexible approaches in Canada and the US, Australian law requires uses to fit within predefined categories, with courts showing little appetite for expansion despite ongoing debates about AI and data mining.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Part 4: The Legal Architecture Of A Franchise System - What You’re Actually Building

Franchising in Australia operates under a well-developed legal regime. The Franchising Code of Conduct, which has the force of law under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), sets minimum standards for disclosure, franchise agreements, and the conduct of the franchise relationship.

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Whelan Lawyers

Alright, Alright, Our Rights? Generative AI And Celebrity Voices

It has been reported that actors Matthew McConaughey and Sir Michael Caine have each signed a deal with AI audio company, ElevenLabs, allowing for the creation of AI-generated versions of their voices. These agreements follow on from a recent trend in Hollywood for celebrity partnerships with AI-generative tech companies, which now includes the likes of Dame Judi Dench and Kristen Bell who both partnered with Meta in 2024 for the use of their voices.

Australia Technology

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Mills Oakley

Never Get Waived: Federal Court Rules Blanket Moral Rights Waiver Clauses Are Not Enforceable In Australia

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K&L Gates LLP

Practitioners must keep pace with SE Asia's IP modernisation

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Spruson & Ferguson

Jacksons Drawing Supplies Pty Ltd V Jackson's Art Supplies Ltd (No 2) [2025] FCA 1127

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Pointon Partners

New Bill To Unlock Orphan Works And Untraceable Designs

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Getty Images V Stability AI – Court Considers AI Training And Copyright

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Buying A Business With Software At Its Core: Key Issues In Australia

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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Licensing & Syndication

Plant breeder's rights and managed apples: what's changing in Australia

For 2026 planning, apple businesses must prioritise licensed access and strict PBR compliance across the supply chain as branded variety programs dominate the market.

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Practitioners must keep pace with SE Asia's IP modernisation

Pactitioners must adapt to process changes within IP systems, as well as be mindful of the implications of tech on their practices.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Generative AI And IP: Key Legal Considerations For Australian Businesses

Learn how existing laws apply and how to safeguard your organisation's IP rights.

Australia Technology

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Moral Rights and Films – McCallum v Projector Films Pty Ltd

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Piper Alderman

Understanding intellectual property in the construction industry

Australia Real Estate

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Holding Redlich

Why Skyportz Is Giving Away Its Patented Vertiport Tech...... For Free

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Marks & Clerk

Latest Statistics In The 2025 IP Australia Intellectual Property Report

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Spruson & Ferguson

IP and The Gambler

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Intellectual property enforcement trends positive for foreign entities

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Spruson & Ferguson

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Patent

IP Australia 2026 Intellectual Property Report

IP Australia's fourteenth edition of the Australian Intellectual Property Report reveals significant shifts in IP filing trends, with trade marks and designs reaching record highs while patent applications decline.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Australia | Navigating Best Method After NOCO

The Full Federal Court's decision in The NOCO Company v Brown and Watson has fundamentally altered Australia's patent landscape by establishing that divisional applications must disclose the best method known at the divisional filing date, not the parent application date. This ruling creates significant challenges for patent applicants managing global portfolios, as improvements discovered between parent and divisional filings must now be disclosed or risk patent invalidity.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Dividing And Conquering: Best Method Obligations Follow Every Divisional Patent Application

In an important decision, the Full Federal Court in The NOCO Company v Brown and Watson International held that the relevant date for assessing the best method known to the applicants is the filing date...

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K&L Gates LLP

IP Australia Releases Consultation Paper On IP Reforms

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Too Late To Antedate: A Sandbagging Strategy Struck

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Irwin IP

Market Exclusivity and Data Exclusivity included in Drug Administration Law revisions

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Spruson & Ferguson

Lessons from recent interlocutory injunctions in pharmaceutical patent cases

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Spruson & Ferguson

NOW the final algorithm: High Court refuses special leave in Aristocrat

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Piper Alderman

Aristocrat case update - Special leave refused

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

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Trade Secrets

Practitioners must keep pace with SE Asia's IP modernisation

Pactitioners must adapt to process changes within IP systems, as well as be mindful of the implications of tech on their practices.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Generative AI And IP: Key Legal Considerations For Australian Businesses

Learn how existing laws apply and how to safeguard your organisation's IP rights.

Australia Technology

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Understanding intellectual property in the construction industry

Relevance of IP in the construction sector and highlight common issues that can arise when IP rights are not clearly understood or properly managed.

Australia Real Estate

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Holding Redlich

Latest Statistics In The 2025 IP Australia Intellectual Property Report

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Spruson & Ferguson

Intellectual property in commercial contract templates

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Holding Redlich

Australia | Design protection: IP Australia's bold reforms for the Digital Age

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Spruson & Ferguson

Being assertive comes at a price – IP Australia fee hike

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McCabes

Game of phones: 7 things to consider when developing an app

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LegalVision

Native Extracts v Plant Extracts: essential elements of confidential information claims

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Piper Alderman

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Retroactive foreign filing licences for patents

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

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