IP Australia recently announced changes to its fee structure as well as to its schedule of recoverable costs in oppositions and similar matters, which come into effect on 1 October 2024. It is IP Australia’s first update since October 2020 which is in line with the agency’s four-year fee review policy. The update contains a […]
In a bit of a David vs Goliath scenario, national real estate company, The Agency Group recently took niche Sydney competitor, The North Agency, to court over alleged trade mark infringement – and lost. In the case, the appellant alleged that the respondent’s use of the words ‘The North Agency’ in its property business infringed […]
The rise (and rise) of social media is staggering. According to Forbes, in 2023 an estimated 4.9 billion people across the world used the various social media platforms such as LinkedIn, TikTok, FaceBook, X, Instagram and Pinterest – and that number is expected to jump to around 5.85 billion users by 2027. A social media […]
Selling your business? Regardless of your exit strategy – whether your timeline is still years away or not yet on the radar – there is one key thing you should be doing which could have a significant impact on value of your business and its saleability. Registering a business name as trade mark is one […]
It’s too early to tell whether this is merely a coincidence or a sign of things to come, but in a matter of weeks, two clients have contacted our office to advise that they have been named as a defendant in a US lawsuit relating to copyright and trade mark infringement claims. This is unusual […]
