On 24 November 2022, the Australian Attorney-General the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP announced the Attorney-General’s Department’s intention to release an issues paper for public consultation, as the first stage of a review into Australia’s current copyright enforcement regime. The broad aim of the review is to understand:Current and emerging copyright enforcement priorities and challenges;
Whether Australia’s copyright enforcement regime remains relevant, effective and proportionate; and
Whether existing enforcement mechanisms need to be strengthened, and if so, how can this be done without imposing unreasonable administrative or economic burdens.The Copyright Enforcement Review Issues Paper (“Issues Paper“), was subsequently…
We are used to decisions about non-traditional trade marks not deserving protection in the European Union, leading to the inevitable conclusion that non-traditional trade marks can be difficult to register and keep on the register.
The recent McCain decision of the EU General Court seems to go in the opposite direction, providing some guidance on which proof of use will be sufficient for a non-traditional trade mark to stay on the EU register (see here).backgroundMcCain GmbH applied to register the below smiley potato chip shape (known as the Smiles) for “pre-fried potato croquettes and mashed potato products, deep-frozen” in…
Todd and Julie Chrisley have reported to prison.
A representative for the couple told NBC News on Jan. 17 that the patriarch Chrisley reported to Federal Prison Camp Pensacola in Florida, while Julie Chrisley reported to the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Lexington in Kentucky, where they will begin their sentences after being convicted of tax fraud.
Todd Chrisley will serve for 12 years, while his wife will serve a seven-year sentence.
FPC Pensacola is described as a minimum security federal prison camp, while the Lexington facility is an “administrative security federal medical center with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp,”…
High-end outdoor clothing brand Patagonia Inc is taking on fast fashion retailer Gap for copying its “iconic” fleece jacket design. Patagonia Inc has filed court proceedings in the Federal Court.
In a complaint filed on 22 November 2022, Patagonia alleges that Gap willfully and deliberately copied the fleece design through the creation and sale of its “Mockneck Pullover” jackets, mimicking the flap pocket and rectangular logo of Patagonia’s classic “Snap-T” fleece jackets (shown below).Patagonia “Snap-T” Fleece PulloverGap ProductsImages taken from Patagonia website at URL: www.patagonia.com and GAP website at URL: www.gap.com.
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A bunch of authorized support attorneys is happening strike for half a day on Monday, whereas the renewal of their collective settlement stays unresolved with the Quebec authorities.
The group is made up of attorneys connected to the CSN-affiliated Fédération des professionnels, who have been on strike within the morning after they walked out earlier this month.
In mid-June, attorneys within the Montreal-Laval, Bas Saint-Laurent-Gaspésie and Laurentides-Lanaudière areas additionally voted in favor of one other strike mandate, this time for seven days, to be exercised on the applicable time.
The opposite group, the Fédération des advocates et advocates de l’aide…
A law enforcement task force will continue to work full time to gather evidence after a suspect has been charged in some of the Gilgo Beach killings, including further investigation into a string of other human remains found scattered across Long Island more than a decade ago, a top investigator told CNN.
“I don’t think any of us know exactly what is going to turn up, but we’re going to continue the investigation,” Suffolk County Deputy Police Commissioner Anthony Carter told CNN on Sunday.
Rex Heuermann, 59, was arrested Thursday and charged with the murder of three of the “Gilgo…
Meta says it will cease providing news services on Facebook and Instagram before Canada’s new law requiring it to pay news publishers comes into effect.Canada’s Online News Act (Bill C-18) has cleared its final Senate hearing and now needs only royal approval to become law. By the time it does, Meta will have shut down its news services for the country, so there.
Meta is effectively saying that it’s their ball and they’re taking it home. But of course it’s not their ball, this is about Facebook and Instagram profiting from news publishers as it pays them nothing, and…
In a recent decision, the High Court of England and Wales has found that Tesco’s use of the yellow and blue Tesco Clubcard logos (reproduced below) infringed Lidl’s trade marks (see the relevant Lidl marks below) and also gave rise to copyright infringement and passing off.The supermarket chains have been in a battle over the use of their respective signs with a square blue background and yellow circle. For further information on the background to the dispute you can read our previous article here (Lidl Great Britain Limited v Tesco Stores Limited [2022] EWHC 1434 (Ch)).(the “Lidl Marks”)…
