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.

Trade mark: storm in a soup bowl

Restaurant in Hot Water for Trade Marking ‘Pho’. Registering a trade mark grants the owner the exclusive rights to commercially use, licence or sell it for the goods and services that it is registered under. In our brand ...

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The top 5 growing pains for start-ups

Lifecycle. Small companies become big companies. As they mature and move from the spare bedroom to the boardroom, all experience growing pains. Here are 5 key growing pains: 1. Disagreements by owners. Trust and friendship ...

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Spam for wine business causes huge spillage

The Spam Act. Under the Spam Act 2003 (Cth) (Spam Act) it is prohibited to send, or cause to be sent, unsolicited electronic messages of commercial nature (that is “spam”) without the following 3 key conditions: The ...

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Doping in sport

One burning issue, so many acronyms!  Let’s start with an easy one… AFL – Australian Football League Let’s try another… ASADA – Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Finally… WADA – World Anti Doping ...

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Intellectual property – a brief guide

A brief guide. Intellectual property (IP) is a legal concept which refers to creations of the mind for which exclusive rights are recognised. For most companies it is their lifeblood, and therefore vital that it is properly ...

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5 reasons people don’t want to be directors

Background. The proliferation of cases involving directors duties (and breach of duties) in recent times has led to a very real need for directors to be properly advised as to their roles, responsibilities and obligations when it ...

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