Author: Jeremy Szwider

Jeremy Szwider is the managing director of Bespoke and one of its founders. He is regarded as a pre-eminent commercial lawyer across Australia (and has also practiced in England). Proudly, Jeremy is widely recognised as a leading specialist in intellectual property and technology law, featuring in various publications as a leading expert in those fields. Across industry and media circles, Jeremy is renowned as a NewLaw pioneer. He has been gallantly revolutionising the legal profession, shaping a law firm defined by its differences. Bespoke’s value based pricing and in-house legal solutions, focussed on gold-plated quality, is an extension of Jeremy’s burning passion. Sport and his beloved ‘blues’ football teams (Carlton and Chelsea) are what keeps Jeremy’s focus away from the office, unless of course, he gets distracted by his other passions of travel and wine appreciation.

Apple Takes a Bite Out of Retail

Apple stores are more than just places to buy iPhones and MacBooks – they are experiences. We have all been to an Apple store and seen the distinct look and feel. From the sleek wooden tables to the iconic glass staircases. The ...

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Domain Name Disputes: the Wild West of the Internet

In the vast expanse of the internet, domain names are like digital storefronts, essential for businesses and individuals to stake their claim online. However, amidst the plethora of legitimate domain registrations, a darker practice ...

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Giving the Thumbs Down Emoji to Trademarks

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) recently decided that simple emojis cannot be trademarked under European law. Here's what happened: Background emoji In December 2021 a German company Käselow, sought to ...

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Countdown to change: preparing your business for changes to the unfair contract terms regime

Unfair contract terms regime Australia currently provides protections, via the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) (ASIC Act), against unfair contract terms (Unfair ...

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Copyright has entered the chat … GPT

Key takeaways Recent developments of ChatGPT has triggered debate surrounding the legalities of its content. ChatGPT threatens authors and artists whose work may be used in ChatGPT content without their permission. ChatGPT ...

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Baseless claims: Ed Sheeran wins 'Shape of You' copyright case

Most of you will have heard Ed Sheeran's blockbuster song 'Shape of You', the most streamed song in Spotify's history with over 3 billion streams. You may also have heard about the copyright case in which Sheeran and his co-writers ...

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SMS: Scam Message Service?

Have you recently received a text that didn’t seem right? Maybe it looked like one of these: 'Your package is on its way: get it as soon as possible! Click this link!' 'Hello, I've seen this video of you on the internet! ...

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Key ACCC priorities for 2022

Summary In early March 2022, Rod Sims handed down the ACCC's 2022/2023 Compliance and Enforcement Priorities. Some issues and industries of concern include manipulative digital advertising techniques, exclusive arrangements ...

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Katie v Katy: a 'Perry'lous dispute

An ongoing legal dispute between clothing designer, Katie Jane Taylor and American singer-songwriter, Katy Perry, continues to make headlines. Taylor, owner of the registered trade mark 'Katie Perry', claims that Katy Perry's use ...

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A hefty price for a Google Ad

When seeking out answers, we all reach for Google, the most commonly used platform for information searches. Often, we assume that our search results are accurate. Accuracy is very important when businesses market their products ...

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