Intellectual Property Law and Copyright Laws

To avoid brand genericide, always use the ® symbol with your trade mark and promote it alongside a noun.

The CAN follows charges being brought against seven alleged members of a syndicate.

The Report presents and discusses the latest IP statistics across the range of categories administered by IP Australia.

Software companies doing business in India have been put on notice by the Indian Income Tax Department following an unexpected outcome in the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Microsoft Corporation v. Assistant Director of Income-tax, International Tax Division).

Recently, there has been an increase in so-called "scams" involving apparent IP-related companies sending misleading letters to applicants and owners of IP rights in an attempt to extract money from those persons. A number of official intellectual property organisations, including the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), have recognised this issue and distributed warnings against these scams.

A United States court has recently considered whether private communications sent through a social networking (such as Facebook or MySpace) or web hosting (such as Media Temple, Inc) sites are afforded protection from disclosure under the Stored Communications Act

The Report presents and discusses the latest IP statistics across the range of categories administered by IP Australia.

Business owners weary from endless scam and spam emails might just hit the delete button – but there is reason to be more cautious.

Recent copyright infringement case considers how to assess whether a part of the copied work is a "substantial part".

The Report presents and discusses the latest IP statistics across the range of categories administered by IP Australia.

Key considerations when reviewing your organisation's IP clause.

IP Australia proposed wide-reaching changes to the Design registration regime.