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While most of us are posting mundane Facebook statuses about what we had for breakfast, or tweeting about our reactions to ‘The Bachelor’ (or is that just me?), Andrew Farley was doing a whole lot more last year, according to a judgment published only recently, but handed down in November 2013 in the District Court of NSW.

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#IntellectualProperty trending on Twitter: Considering IP in the age of the hashtag

19 November 2013

By Mandy Milner

Social media has transformed the ‘hash’ symbol (#) from a mere symbol key into a phenomenon of its own. Yet the addition of the # symbol before a word has not been so simple in the IP world and has many potential implications.

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Pinterest pins down Pintrips

18 October 2013

By Jessie Porteus

On 4 October 2013, social media pinboard site Pinterest filed an action in the United States District Court against Pintrips, “a personal travel planning dashboard”, for trade mark infringement, false designation of origin, unfair competition and trade mark dilution. This apparently followed months of polite requests from Pinterest to Pintrips to stop this alleged “illegal conduct”. Not all these causes of action are available in Australia, so this discussion will focus on the trade mark fight.

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Don’t forget to read the fine print – proposed changes to Facebook’s policies as a result of $20million class settlement

13 September 2013

By Olivia Lewis

Fancy yourself as the face of a major brand? Facebook’s proposed refresh of its advertising and data use policy (as a result of a $20million class action settlement) means your big break might be just around the corner. However, the catch is, you won’t be paid for it, nor be aware of what you are endorsing.

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