Design Protection of Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) in Singapore
In our article of 21 May 2014, we reported that the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) had launched a public consultation on review of registered designs regime in...
In our article of 21 May 2014, we reported that the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) had launched...
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Bose Corporation v Heino Buse MX Import GmbH [2014] ATMO 110
An International Registration designating Australia for the BÜSE trade mark was opposed by Bose Corporation under sections 44 and 60. Bose relied on its prior BOSE and BOSE RIDE trade...
An International Registration designating Australia for the BÜSE trade mark was opposed by Bose Corporation under sections 44 and...
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Arrow Research Corporation Pty Ltd v Kabushiki Kaisha Tokyo Torihikisho (Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc.) [2014] ATMO 97
Tokyo Stock Exchange applied to restrict Arrow Research’s ARROWNET registration from ‘computer software’ to ‘computer software excluding computer software for trading financial instruments’. Arrow Research opposed the non-use restriction...
Tokyo Stock Exchange applied to restrict Arrow Research’s ARROWNET registration from ‘computer software’ to ‘computer software excluding computer software...
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Avoiding Trade Mark Infringement in Search Engine Optimisation
For most businesses, the prominence of their website in search engine results has become an important part of their marketing efforts. The incentive to be featured above competitors is...
For most businesses, the prominence of their website in search engine results has become an important part of their...
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Distinct Bite Taken Out of Apple
Apple Inc. v Registrar of Trade Marks FCA 1304 (3 December 2014). In 2013, Apple requested to be Heard by the Trade Marks Office on the issue and...
Apple Inc. v Registrar of Trade Marks FCA 1304 (3 December 2014). In 2013, Apple requested to be...
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Business Method Patent reconsidered in Australia
The Full Federal Court of Australia today handed down the long-awaited decision in the appeal by Research Affiliates LLC against the Federal Court’s finding that the claims of Patent...
The Full Federal Court of Australia today handed down the long-awaited decision in the appeal by Research Affiliates LLC...
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Save My Bacon Ltd v Marketing Intelligence Ltd [2014] ATMO 84
Marketing Intelligence applied to register the trade mark SAVE MY BACON for a wide range of financial, business, and education services in Classes 35, 36, and 41. The application...
Marketing Intelligence applied to register the trade mark SAVE MY BACON for a wide range of financial, business, and...
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Facebook, Inc v FACEMBA, LDA [2014] ATMO 83
Australian designation of an International Registration for ‘facemba’ for social networking services was opposed by Facebook, Inc. Facebook is the owner of ‘the social network’ Facebook and holds several Australian...
Australian designation of an International Registration for ‘facemba’ for social networking services was opposed by Facebook, Inc. Facebook is the...
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3 Signs That Your App (Or Other Software) May Be Patentable
There are many myths and misconceptions regarding patentability of software related inventions.  These range from the bluntly uninformed “you can’t patent software” arguments, to propaganda on the impacts software...
There are many myths and misconceptions regarding patentability of software related inventions.  These range from the bluntly uninformed “you...
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