Your brand - the first thing a customer recognises on your packaging and how they associate goods with your brand and its business reputation. Businesses protect their brand value by registering trade marks for their brands...
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Until this week, transport and storage service providers were exempt from complying with the consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). This reduced their liability risk profile for goods: damaged or lost in ...
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In part 1 of our blog on the global rise of esports, we focussed on legal issues affecting the industry, including player contracts, governance and sponsorship. Part 2 focusses on copyright issues raised by esports, how they differ ...
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Esports is short for electronic sports, a phrase reserved for the competitive video gaming scene recently emerged into the mainstream. It is already a massive global industry with huge viewership numbers and prize pools. The 2018 ...
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If you are part of the supply chain you will have a positive duty to ensure the safety of your transport activities ‘so far as reasonably practicable’. What is changing? Amendments to the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) ...
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In part 1 of our blog we discussed Aldi’s court battle with Moroccanoil Israel (MI). In part 2, we discuss the importance of trade mark ‘use’ and highlight the issues MI had in establishing its word mark ‘Moroccanoil’ ...
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In day to day operations, companies act through its board of directors. The board tends to make strategic and operational decisions and is responsible for ensuring the company meets its statutory obligations. What happens when the ...
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The Full Court of the Federal Court recently found that Aldi shoppers should know they are not buying premium boutique products and should interpret labels accordingly.[1] The plain facts The Court overturned the primary ...
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Emoticons or ‘emojis’ are commonly used to express ourselves in messages. But what happens when emojis are used in communications which have legal consequences? That smiley face may not be as innocent as you intend it to be and ...
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Red Cards are generally issued to football players who: commit a serious misconduct in a game; or accumulate 2 yellow cards in a single game. Players who receive the ‘Red Card’ must leave the field immediately. Just ...
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