Ocean Bound or Ocean Found? Clorox’s Greenwashing Costs $8.25 Million
28 April 2025
Rebecca Maher, Paula McGrath (nee Mucha) and Peta Stevenson discuss the recent penalty awarded against Clorox Australia.
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Stop! In the name of interlocutory injunctions: lessons from 2024
17 March 2025
Interlocutory injunctions can be a critical tool to help protect intellectual property rights by restraining alleged infringement while a substantive infringement proceeding is run.
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No mean feet obtaining a discovery order – Manolo Blahnik Worldwide Limited v Estro Concept Pty Limited
19 November 2020
Sex and the City fans will be very familiar with the infamous satin blue stiletto heels Mr Big proposed to Carrie Bradshaw with.
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Confirmed booking: booking.com secures trade mark registration in the United States
9 July 2020
On 30 June 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision in United States Patent And Trademark Office, Et.
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A sign of the times – Compagnie des Montres Longines S.A. v Point Tec Products Electronic GmbH
29 June 2020
Wearables are all the rage nowadays, but some of us still sport watches with an analogue face.
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Cheesy on the eyes – the string cheese characters of the trade mark decision of Bega Cheese Limited v Saputo Cheese USA Inc
12 June 2020
From fifty shades of gruyere to cheddar ideas, we in the IP team love cheese in all shapes and forms including… string cheese?
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Bega succeeds in Full Court appeal despite ‘Krafty’ peanut butter packaging
4 May 2020
On 15 April 2020, the Full Federal Court dismissed an appeal against O’Callaghan J’s decision in Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC v Bega Cheese Limited (No 8) [2019] FCA 593.
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Mr Worldwide’s great American ‘scream’ – protection granted for Pitbull’s famous yell
24 April 2020
American rapper, singer and songwriter Pitbull (Armando Christian Pérez) has successfully trade marked his tell-tale yell ‘EEEEEEEYOOOOOO!’ that features heavily in most of his songs.
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You can’t have your burger and eat it too: In-N-Out Burgers, Inc v Hashtag Burgers Pty Ltd
5 March 2020
A closer look into how Down-N-Out Burgers infringed the trade marks of In-N-Out, engaged in passing off, and contravened the Australian Consumer Law.
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A failure to function? It’s not unusual. Beer and bikini cases highlight the limitations of sub-brands in Australian trade mark cases
27 February 2020
It seems apt in the current climatic context that a number of recent Australian trade mark decisions have centred on swimwear and craft beer.
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