Daniella Phair

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Adam Gilchrist hit for six by Twitter twin

Adam Gilchrist hit for six by Twitter twin

15 July 2013
By Daniella Phair
The Australian cricket team might have needed not one, but two Adam Gilchrist’s in its side for the first Ashes Test in England over the last week. However, the man himself is less than impressed after discovering he has a Twitter Twin.
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Pharrell Williams sues will.i.am over trade mark dispute –“I am” intrigued!

Pharrell Williams sues will.i.am over trade mark dispute –“I am” intrigued!

15 July 2013
By Daniella Phair
In late June, will.i.am (or more accurately, his lawyer…we assume he’s too busy hanging out with someone cool), sent Pharrell a cease and desist notice, demanding that he stop using the name “I Am Other” because it is too “confusingly similar” to will.i.am’s “will.i.am” and “I Am” registered trade marks. “I Am Other” is Pharrell’s new “creativity website” and YouTube channel which aims to encourage its users to “be other” (whatever that means) and to “celebrate the people who push society forward”.
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To Kill a Mockingbird: The Inside Legal Story on Harper Lee’s Dispute

To Kill a Mockingbird: The Inside Legal Story on Harper Lee’s Dispute

21 May 2013
By Daniella Phair
She’s been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom; she’s won a Pulitzer Prize; her only novel has sold over 30 million copies and it’s been made into an Academy Award winning film. You would think that Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, would be raking in the royalties and enjoying her golden years following the huge success of her much beloved book. But 87 year old Harper Lee has instead found herself in court, in need of her own Atticus Finch. The author has filed a lawsuit in Manhattan against Samuel Pinkus (amongst others), the son-in-law of her former literary agent.
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A lesson in sharing: Google’s new AdWords policy

A lesson in sharing: Google’s new AdWords policy

15 April 2013
By Daniella Phair
Google has recently updated its AdWords trade mark policy. From 23 April 2013, Google will no longer prevent advertisers from selecting another company’s registered trade mark for use as a keyword in Australia (and China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Brazil). This change brings Google’s AdWords policy on trade marks in Australia into line with the rest of the world.
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