| Intellectual Property Law News and Articles |
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| CLOUD COMPUTING - Legal issues for service contracts |
| Before you decide to sign up for cloud computing, there are issues relating to location of data, security and reliability, and data exit that you should be aware of. |
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| Intellectual property - Hard questions on the internet |
| Cyberspace is at the cutting edge of intellectual property rights, with many tricky questions. |
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| Works Of Art - Not an artistic free-for-all |
| In an industry where references to other fashion looks is rife, the courts have upheld an appeal by a company that another had copied its T-shirt designs. |
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| Seal The Deal - Signing contract documents legally in the e-age |
| Often, not enough attention is given to the procedure for executing contractual documentation when finalising an agreement. |
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| Document recovery - Make it easy on yourself |
| Recovering information from backup or disaster recovery systems is almost always very expensive and consumes valuable employee resources. |
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| Anti-spam law ramped up - Unsubscribe facilities do not infer consent |
| Regulators are increasing efforts to pursue those in breach of the anti-spam law and they can impose substantial penalties - up to $1.1 million per day - against a corporation that repeatedly breaks the law. |
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| Culture Of Copying - 'Almost identical' design infringes copyright |
| n a decision with particular implications for the building industry, but with ramifications that extend to many others, a court has found that a home building company has infringed another's intellectual property rights in copying its original house design. |
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| Business Identity - Dot The 'I's And Cross The 'T's |
| Many people think that registration of a company and its business name protects one's rights in a trademark. However, that is not the case. |
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| The Internet and your Trade Mark - Protecting your business from overseas internet suppliers |
| The Internet has drastically altered how goods are offered for sale. Consumers can now browse the online catalogues of suppliers located all over the world, and with the click of a button, order goods from London, Istanbul or Hong Kong and have them delivered to their door within 24 hours. |
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| Buying and Selling Businesses: Warranties and Ensuring you get the IP |
| This paper was presented by Paul Clark at a recent seminar. |
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| Industrial Designs - After a century, new laws for registered designs |
| Design laws passed in June this year herald a new era in the registration of industrial designs. |
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| Re-launching your brand |
| Market research has shown that re-launching a key brand can effectively boost sales and market share. |
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| Redesigning the designs law |
| Parliament is currently debating changes to our design laws, following an extensive review by the Australian Law Reform Commission ("ALRC"). |
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| Registering Your Trade Mark |
| A diagrammatic description of the trade mark registration process. |
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| Trade Mark Traps: Registering a dot.com.au Domain Name |
| Trade mark protection issues to consider when registering a dot.com.au domain name. |
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| Trade Mark Tips |
| What is a trade mark? How do you prevent others from infringing your trade mark? |
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| How to Register a Business Name |
| A simple guide to registering your business name. |
