6 January 2014
Melanie McLean and Philippa Macaskill have posted an interesting blog over on IP Whiteboard about the outcome of litigation involving members of the Jane family, after a much publicised family spat which led to Bob Jane severing ties with the business in early 2011.
The case concerned the use of a variety of company names, domain names and marks containing or consisting of the terms “Bob Jane” or “Jane” by Bob Jane, with the Federal Court recently restraining Bob Jane from using his own name to sell tyres, wheels, batteries and other accessories for cars.
Read their full post here.
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