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The Heinz Effect: The power of a trade mark
Explore how Heinz's branding success highlights the strength of trade marks and the limits of legal...
Can Artists Copyright AI-Generated Art?
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If I Could Turn Back Time (for Patent Royalties): Episode One
While the law states royalties cannot be paid to a patent's creator once the patent expires, there...
Scratch that: Australian Full Federal Court finds that AI systems CANNOT be inventors
The Australian Full Federal Court ruled that AI systems cannot be named as inventors under the...
Domain Update: The .au Direct Domain Name is Here
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Trade marking a phrase which “Always Was, Always Will Be” a phrase for the people
FAL IP discusses the implications of attempting to trade mark the phrase 'Always Was, Always Will...
The Number 1 Patent Tip for Business: Keep it Secret!!
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There is no AI in Copyright, r-AI-ght?
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An Overdue Refreshment of the Australian Designs Act
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Australia’s p-AI-tent System: the Artificially Intelligent Inventor
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Secret use – can you profit while developing your invention?
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TikTok, Parkinson’s Disease and a good-news story of Collaborative Innovation
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A look at IP Australia’s Indigenous Knowledge Project
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Not lovin’ it: McDonald’s sues Hungry Jack’s over ‘Big Jack’ trade mark
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Smart Trade Mark: A New Era in Consumer Confidence?
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The absence of the Aboriginal Flag from the AFL’s Indigenous Round highlights Clothing The Gap’s continuing fight to #FreeTheFlag
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Three reasons why you should file your trade mark in Australia
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Pew Pew Pew: U.S. Space Force Losing a Trade Mark Battle with a TV Show
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A Nutty Trade Mark Dispute: Kraft v Bega
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Victoria Beckham is in a “VB” Trade Mark Dispute in Australia
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The patented technology behind the Face ID feature of the new Apple iPhone X
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FAL Partner wins ILO Health & Life Sciences Award for the Third Consecutive Year!
FAL IP's Jenni Lightowlers earns her third consecutive ILO Client Choice Award for excellence in...
Presenting Dr Jenni Lightowlers!
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Licence to Rights/Rights to License (An IP licensing regime not dependent on crossed fingers)
FAL IP highlights the importance of managing IP licences to prevent overlapping rights and ensure...
FAL Partner wins ILO Health & Life Sciences Award for the Second Year Running
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Stating the Obvious: Textual Approach to Obviousness
On September 2 2015 the High Court handed down a widely anticipated decision in AstraZeneca AB v...
Will Australia Catapult its Innovation into the 21st Century?
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MEDIA RELEASE – Leading Australian Lawyer Recognised Globally
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Apple is unable to own the “APP STORE” trade mark in Australia
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SMEs: Top 5 Tips for capturing IP
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How to Create Successful Brands for Not for Profit Organisations
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Fluid Trade Marks: What are they all about?
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Successful Brand Partnerships: Top Tips
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Fashion & Branding: Create, Protect, Transform
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Apple overtakes Coca Cola as the Most Valuable Brand in the World
In 2013, Apple surpassed Coca-Cola to become the world's most valuable brand, with a valuation of...
There’s An App …Store/s…For That: Apple & Amazon Drop Trade Mark Fight
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Do I need to Trade Mark my App name?
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Australian Law Relating to Communal Indigenous Intellectual Property
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Show a Little Restraint
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International Research, Defence & National Interest: Getting the Balance Right
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Rights to an Employee’s Invention – UWA v Gray two years on
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Maximise protection of your business via Trade Mark Registration
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Three FAL lawyers named as world leaders in patent and technology law by IAM Licensing
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You may not have the IP Rights you think you have!
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Trade Marks in Australia
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Impact of Moral Rights on R&D
Understand how moral rights affect research projects in Australia, including authorship...