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"They had no right to rip off my building plans, that's copyright infringement." Which case won?

A case heard in Queensland revolved around alleged copyright infringement of building plans.

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Stacks Law Firm

High Court's PepsiCo decision and what it means for cross-border IP payments

HC ruled 4–3 that PepsiCo's payments were for goods, not royalties, so no extra taxes applied. Highlights that clear contracts are crucial.

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Bartier Perry

Moral Rights and Films – McCallum v Projector Films Pty Ltd

For authors, being aware of the moral rights to proper attribution and not to be falsely attributed is important to avoid unnecessary potential disputes with parties using their work.

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Piper Alderman

Australian Productivity Commission Proposes Text & Data Mining Exception To Copyright Infringement For AI Training

In response to a request to identify ‘priority reforms' under the Australian Government's productivity growth agenda, on 5 August 2025 the Productivity Commission released an interim report...

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Federal Court Launches Standard Directions To Streamline Patent Disputes

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Spruson & Ferguson

Busted! Melbourne International Film Festival Director Subject To Urgent Interlocutory Injunction Over Moral Rights

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K&L Gates LLP

Let's Make It A Date – Best Method And The Filing Date Of The Earliest Complete Application

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K&L Gates LLP

Karen Walker Has A Runaway Win Before The Trade Marks Office

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K&L Gates LLP

Home Ground Advantage: Aussie FanFirm Wins David And Goliath Battle

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Mills Oakley

Why Skyportz Is Giving Away Its Patented Vertiport Tech...... For Free

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Marks & Clerk

How to Avoid the Fate of Brand Genericide

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LegalVision

Fanatics case highlights requirements for key trade mark defences

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Spruson & Ferguson

Utilising International Type Search to strengthen your IP strategy

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Spruson & Ferguson

Valuing intellectual property: Lessons learned from Mitchell Asset Management Pty Ltd v Marissa Di Pasquale

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Piper Alderman

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Webinars

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Digital Assets – Innovation vs Compliance: Emerging Offshore Jurisdictional Trends – How Legal Advisers' Roles Will Change

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(2nd Session) 2025 Global In-House Counsel Survey Report: Unique Insights into the Global In-House Counsel Profession

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In-House Counsel Worldwide

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(1st Session) 2025 Global In-House Counsel Survey Report: Unique Insights into the Global In-House Counsel Profession

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Trademark Disputes

Biotech, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Australian Senate Committee rejects Bill that seeks to prevent the patenting of human genes and biological materials existing in nature

A Senate Committee has recommended against passing amendments to the Patents Act that would allow gene patenting.

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Swaab

Raising the bar? The new patent law reforms and their impact on patentability of genetic material

An overview of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2011 (Cth).

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Hunt & Hunt

Is human tissue "property"? Jocelyn Edwards; Re the estate of the late Mark Edwards [2011] NSWSC 478

A recent decision of Justice Hulme of the Supreme Court of New South Wales is the first case of its kind in Australia to allow a widow to extract her deceased's husband's sperm with the result that she will likely use it for assisted reproduction.

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Colin Biggers & Paisley

CRCMining and SmartCap

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Spruson & Ferguson

Gene Patent Modifications Avoided

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Spruson & Ferguson

Grace Periods and Divisional Patent Applications

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DLA Piper Australia

University of Western Australia v Gray - Medical Research IP Rights: Who Owns Them ?

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DLA Piper Australia

Royalty Stacking & Managing The Risk Of IP Infringement

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DLA Piper Australia

Employees & Intellectual Property – Who Owns It?

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Donaldson Walsh

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IT & Internet

Liability for Copyright Infringement - the iinet Decision

iiNet was once again successful in defending its position.

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Coleman Greig Lawyers

Israel Acknowledges Importance of Software Patents

The Israeli Patent Office had previously adopted a restrictive standard in relation to computer implemented technologies.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Optus TV Now No More: AFL and NRL Copyright Appeal Succeeds

The Full Federal Court has overturned the decision which legitimised the time shifting recording technology used by Optus.

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Addisons

Recent Developments in Australian Copyright Law - iiNet, Telstra, Optus TV Now and PPCA

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Truman Hoyle

Expanding Australia's copyright safe harbour scheme: the industry response

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Clayton Utz

The Stop Online Privacy Act - how the US is trying to combat copyright infringement online & implications for the world

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Coleman Greig Lawyers

Tit for Tat, Optus v AFL 1:1

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Marque Lawyers

Search Engine Adwords

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DLA Piper Australia

Deadline for Generic Top-Level Domains Approaching

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DLA Piper Australia

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Trademark

Commissioner Falls Flat In PepsiCo High Court Appeal… But On A Steak Knife's Edge

In an unlucky day for the Commissioner of Taxation (Commissioner), on 13 August 2025 the High Court of Australia (HCA) handed down its decision in Commissioner of Taxation v PepsiCo, Inc...

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Alvarez & Marsal

Karen Walker Has A Runaway Win Before The Trade Marks Office

Limited successfully opposed the registration of the mark ‘Runaway the Label‘ for clothing, footwear and headgear (class 25) and online retail services (class 35).

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K&L Gates LLP

Home Ground Advantage: Aussie FanFirm Wins David And Goliath Battle

The Full Federal Court has ruled in favour of Australian company FanFirm Pty Ltd in its long-running trade mark fight with US sports retail giant Fanatics, LLC.

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Mills Oakley

Understanding intellectual property in the construction industry

Australia Real Estate

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Holding Redlich

How to Avoid the Fate of Brand Genericide

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LegalVision

Fanatics case highlights requirements for key trade mark defences

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Spruson & Ferguson

Latest Statistics In The 2025 IP Australia Intellectual Property Report

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Spruson & Ferguson

OpenAI's screenless future on pause amidst trade mark dispute

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Swaab

What can the Handmaid's Tale teach us about trade mark law? Featured What can the Handmaid's Tale teach us about trade mark law? As someone who's both read The Handmaid's Tale and binge watched every...

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

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Licensing & Syndication

Moral Rights and Films – McCallum v Projector Films Pty Ltd

For authors, being aware of the moral rights to proper attribution and not to be falsely attributed is important to avoid unnecessary potential disputes with parties using their work.

PA

Piper Alderman

Understanding intellectual property in the construction industry

Relevance of IP in the construction sector and highlight common issues that can arise when IP rights are not clearly understood or properly managed.

Australia Real Estate

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Holding Redlich

Why Skyportz Is Giving Away Its Patented Vertiport Tech...... For Free

One of the fundamental rights a patent grants is the ability to exclude others from using your technology. So it may come as a surprise that an Australian vertiport...

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Marks & Clerk

Latest Statistics In The 2025 IP Australia Intellectual Property Report

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Spruson & Ferguson

IP and The Gambler

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Intellectual property enforcement trends positive for foreign entities

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Spruson & Ferguson

Intellectual property in commercial contract templates

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Holding Redlich

Australia | Design protection: IP Australia's bold reforms for the Digital Age

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Spruson & Ferguson

Being assertive comes at a price – IP Australia fee hike

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McCabes

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Retroactive foreign filing licences for patents

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Madderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

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