Takeda GmbH v Actegy Limited [2014] ATMO 38
Takeda GmbH relied on its prior REVESTIVE trade mark to partially succeed in an opposition against Actegy Limited’s application for REVITIVE. The REVITIVE application covered a range of goods in...
Takeda GmbH relied on its prior REVESTIVE trade mark to partially succeed in an opposition against Actegy Limited’s application...
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Patent Examination in Australia – Time Frames and Deadlines
Changes to Australian patent law and practice that came into force with the commencement of the Raising the Bar Act on 15 April 2013 mean some significant changes to...
Changes to Australian patent law and practice that came into force with the commencement of the Raising the Bar...
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Citigroup Inc v City Index Limited [2014] ATMO 36
Survey says…CITI monopolises this town. Applications for the two trade marks were opposed by Citigroup, Inc., on the grounds of section 60. Both of the trade marks covered ‘financial services’ in...
Survey says…CITI monopolises this town. Applications for the two trade marks were opposed by Citigroup, Inc., on the grounds of...
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Sitecore Corporation A/S v Salesforce.com, inc [2014] ATMO 37
Salesforce.com, Inc., applied to register its trade mark SITEFORCE in Australia (through the International Registration system) in relation to the provision of temporary use of a web-based software application...
Salesforce.com, Inc., applied to register its trade mark SITEFORCE in Australia (through the International Registration system) in relation to...
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Taking advantage of the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot
This article presents a brief summary of the advantages and requirements of the new in 2014 Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH) pilot program. For a number of years Australia has...
This article presents a brief summary of the advantages and requirements of the new in 2014 Global Patent Prosecution...
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MG Icon LLC v Caprice Australia Pty Ltd [2014] ATMO 34
This matter concerned an application for an extension of time to file evidence in reply under Regulation 9.18 of the Trade Mark Regulations 1995, which arose in relation to...
This matter concerned an application for an extension of time to file evidence in reply under Regulation 9.18 of...
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Sporting Events Protection Bill
On 26 March 2014, the government introduced the Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Bill into Parliament. The Bill is designed to prevent unauthorised parties from using, in a...
On 26 March 2014, the government introduced the Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Bill into Parliament. The Bill...
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Design Patent Protection for GUIs in China
The State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China issued a revised Examination Guideline with an effective date of May 1, 2014 that has removed electrified screen designs from excluded...
The State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China issued a revised Examination Guideline with an effective date of May...
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