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Our Team is Your Team: Trade Mark Protection for Alcoholic, Low Alcohol and Non-Alcoholic Beverages: Some key considerations

In an increasingly converged beverage market, trade mark strategy must be forward-looking rather than reactive.

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Filing requirements for Australian trade marks: A guide for foreign applicants

Checklist summarising the key requirements & practical considerations to keep in mind when filing a TM application in Australia.

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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

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

The case reinforces the need for businesses to monitor online brand use and act promptly, while showing how the Court seeks to protect established reputations through targeted, practical remedies.

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Pointon Partners

Reputation (High Court's Version): Bed Bath 'N' Table v Global Retail Brands Australia

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K&L Gates LLP

AI can now impersonate you better than most humans. Who owns that version of you?

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Can you take your trade mark with you when selling or manufacturing in another country?

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Spruson & Ferguson

Mistakes to Avoid Losing Your Trade Mark

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LegalVision

Non-traditional trade marks

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

The Importance of Protecting Your Brand Overseas

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LegalVision

When fitness meets IP: Can you trade mark an exercise move?

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Spruson & Ferguson

Sunday Red Tiger Logos V Puma's Leaping Cat Logo

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Australia's Trade Mark System Further Simplified: Recent Amendments To Regulations

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K&L Gates LLP

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

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

ASIC's Key Issues Outlook for 2026

Australia Finance

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Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Insights into purchasing creditor claims in an Insolvency process with Mitch Taylor

Australia Insolvency

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Cathro & Partners

ASIC's Updated Guidance On Digital Assets

Australia Finance

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Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

The Papercut Decision And The Current Position On WFH

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Podcast: SMSFs With CGW – What Is Happening With Division 296 Tax? (Tax On Large Superannuation Balances)

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Cooper Grace Ward

Sustainability or liability? The international IP landscape for environmental claims in the food and beverage sector

In the food and beverage space, environmental claims have become a serious IP and legal issue in Australia and internationally.

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Progressive Green v Flo Energy: The (F)lowdown on trade mark infringement

The Progressive Green decision warns trade mark owners to ensure their mark isn't vulnerable to cancellation before pursuing litigation.

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Piper Alderman

Trademark Disputes Comparative Guide

Trademark Disputes Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Australia, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

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Mills Oakley

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

Australian High Court Takes Interest In Trade Mark Matters

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Mills Oakley

Navigating the Legal Limits of Patent and Trade Marks Practice

CG

Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Commissioner Falls Flat In PepsiCo High Court Appeal… But On A Steak Knife's Edge

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Alvarez & Marsal

Karen Walker Has A Runaway Win Before The Trade Marks Office

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K&L Gates LLP

Home Ground Advantage: Aussie FanFirm Wins David And Goliath Battle

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Mills Oakley

Understanding intellectual property in the construction industry

Australia Real Estate

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Holding Redlich

How to Avoid the Fate of Brand Genericide

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LegalVision

Fanatics case highlights requirements for key trade mark defences

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Spruson & Ferguson

Latest Statistics In The 2025 IP Australia Intellectual Property Report

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Spruson & Ferguson

OpenAI's screenless future on pause amidst trade mark dispute

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Swaab

How to Avoid the Fate of Brand Genericide

To avoid brand genericide, always use the ® symbol with your trade mark and promote it alongside a noun.

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LegalVision

Fanatics case highlights requirements for key trade mark defences

The CAN follows charges being brought against seven alleged members of a syndicate.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Latest Statistics In The 2025 IP Australia Intellectual Property Report

The Report presents and discusses the latest IP statistics across the range of categories administered by IP Australia.

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Spruson & Ferguson

OpenAI's screenless future on pause amidst trade mark dispute

The "io" vs "IYO" dispute offers a timely reminder that trade mark law exists to safeguard the reputation and consumer trust.

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Swaab

What can the Handmaid's Tale teach us about trade mark law? Featured What can the Handmaid's Tale teach us about trade mark law? As someone who's both read The Handmaid's Tale and binge watched every...

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

A Quest Against Middle-earth: Lord Of The Fries Successfully Registers LORD OF THE Mark

The intellectual property rights owner of The Lord of the Rings franchise, Middle-earth Enterprises, LLC (Middle-earth Enterprises) has renewed its pursuit against Lord of the Fries IP Pty Ltd (Lord of the Fries)...

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K&L Gates LLP

Never really over? Aussie fashion designer appeals to High Court in trademark battle with Katy Perry

Killer Queen, LLC v Taylor [2024] FCAFC 149 (Appeal Case)

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Bartier Perry

Lord Of The Fries' Triumph Over Lord Of The Rings

Every now and then, we get the opportunity to report on an Australian IP judgment. In this article, we discuss the recent judgment in the trade mark case of Middle-earth Enterprises v Lord of the Fries Pty Ltd (2025) ATMO 48.

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ENS

IP perspectives: deregistration risk arising from ‘non-use' of a registered trade mark

Recent case considered the "non-use" issue & the use required to maintain trade mark registration.

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Cooper Grace Ward

Katy Vs. Katie: The Trademark Showdown That Shook Two Worlds

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Naik Naik & Company

A dish best served distinct – trade mark conflicts over similar restaurant names

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Bartier Perry

ALDI In Two Courts: UK And Australia – Cider And Sweets

Worldwide Litigation

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ENS

Be Wary: Sophisticated Scam Emails Impersonating IP Attorneys

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K&L Gates LLP

浅谈澳大利亚商标不使用撤销程序

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CCPIT Patent & Trademark Law Office

Intellectual property enforcement trends positive for foreign entities

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Spruson & Ferguson

Intellectual property in commercial contract templates

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Holding Redlich

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) - Increases to trademark tees and changes starting 18 January 2025

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Pointon Partners

The Coffee May Be Distinctive…but What About The Container?

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ENS

Tips for Registering a Wine Brand as a Trade Mark in Australia

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Registering a Trade Mark in China

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LegalVision

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

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Spruson & Ferguson

Trade mark lessons from Hemmes Trading v Establishment 203: Registration, reputation and reasonable diligence

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Holding Redlich

Trademarks Comparative Guide

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Rigby Cooke Lawyers

New trade mark? Do your due diligence – Hemmes v Establishment 203

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Piper Alderman

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Insights into the world of Intangible Assets, with Joel Hanrahan, Managing Director, EverEdge Global.

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Cathro & Partners

Breaking Brexit down: Trade Marks (VIDEO)

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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