Partner at King & Wood Mallesons with trade mark experience across Australia, New Zealand and the EU.
Joined September 2013
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It is 30 April 2024 and the last decision from the Australian Trade Marks Office (@ipaustralia) published on @austlii dates back to 29 February 2024. This simply has to be improved. Why can these decisions not be published on austlii when they are handed down?
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Our note on the unanimous decision of Australia's High Court holding that reputation is not relevant to the assessment of deceptive similarity under s120(1) of the Trade Marks Act. kwm.com/au/en/insights/lates…
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Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Judge Cannon's order is completely baseless, but her heart is in the right place.
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Under EU law, protection for a “metaverse-focused design” already exists. No need to distinguish between virtual/real product design (a design right for a purse, in general, also covers a purse shown in the metaverse) or use “display screen portion with user interface”
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“Trade mark law’s identity crisis, part 1” now on Austlii. Another insightful article from Michael Handler austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewd…
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New from me in the @UNSWLawJournal – Part 1 of a two part article on the under-explored concept of “substantial identity” in trade mark law, and our Federal Court’s recent wrong turn on this issue. unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au/w…
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haha is cordially inviting the ttab to "go ahead & look it up yourself in the search engine of your choice" normal
New #trademark decisions for 2021 online from @The_IPO. Appointed Person Mr Purvis QC overturns earlier finding, holding that Multibus not likely to be confused with earlier mark MULTIVAN: ipo.gov.uk/t-challenge-decis…. Distinguishes from earlier reputed family of marks scenario.
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Congratulations to Amanda Scardamaglia @abscard @SwinburneLaw for winning the 2020 Victorian Premier’s History Award for her book Printed on Stone: The Lithographs of Charles Troedel featuring the Melbourne Album and images from @Library_Vic #VCHA2020
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I think a lot about what Mr. Rogers said and did when he accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1997 Emmys:
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What to do about “zombie” trade marks (marks revoked for non-use, but which might still block later applications for registration) has just been considered by the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Right result, but roundabout reasoning to get there courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/ca…
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BREAKING: CJEU dismisses EUIPO and MASSI's TM owner appeals and rules that GC didn't err in considering that Lionel Messi’s reputation constituted a relevant factor for the purposes of establishing a conceptual difference between the terms MESSI and MASSI drive.google.com/file/d/1kbO…
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Decisions of the TTAB and the CAFC on Registrability Issues July 2019 to August 2020 thettablog.blogspot.com/2020…
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If you’re not watching #FreemanABC change the channel and start watching immediately!! Amazing human @CathyFreeman 🙌🙌🙌🙌
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The #trademark WALDORF ASTORIA was maintained in Canada as Federal Court of Appeal confirms that "hotel services" can be provided in absence of actual hotel in Canada bit.ly/2Fe2NUY #intellectualproperty