In a clash of the gaming titans, Japanese mobile developer Gree has won a lawsuit against Finnish developer Supercell and has been awarded at least $8.5 million.
How do you protect Generic Trade Marks?
If your product brand name is so entrenched in the public’s mind it becomes a descriptor of the product, how do you protect that trade mark?
Fraud Alert: The Photography Shakedown Edition
Watch out for the Photograph Shakedown Fraud. Book a free 30min consultation with EAGLEGATE Lawyers.
Is it Time to Hit the Delete Key on TIK TOK?
Brisbane cyber lawyer Sandy Zhang says media reports of fears that Tik Tok, owned by a Chinese company, is being used by the Chinese Communist Party to track users is heightening fears amid a stand off between Australia and China and a deteriorating relationship between the countries.
Netflix Outsmarts POTUS On Space Force Trade Mark
It’s the sort of news that cracks up trade mark lawyers- how the United States’ military Space Force may have been trumped in a trade mark move by a Netflix streaming comedy series of that name.
COVID Contact Lists: Fail for Us, Great Win for Thieves
There’s a fear burglars could benefit from a Government requirement for cafes and restaurants to compile lists of customer names and addresses in case Covid-19 contact tracing is needed.
Court wakes up Google to defamation risk
A Victorian Supreme Court decision holding Google liable for a defamation action over search results is a strong wakeup call that could see search engines now become wary of what search results they display.
To VB or not to VB - that is the trademark question
Ask any Aussie what the letters VB mean and chances are they would not think of former Spice Girl warbler Victoria Beckham.
Scammers Thrive in a Coronavirus World
People working from home or surfing the Internet in a coronavirus home isolation need to be super aware of predatory cyber scammers who are very active right now.
State Govt Business Survival Loans’ Cruel Eligibility
The Queensland Government’s offer of loans to small business of up to $250,000 as a lifeline in the COVID-19 pandemic has a serious loop-hole. Only some businesses are eligible for the loan.
Police Phone Tracking Heralds New Era In Virus War
The probability of Australian police using mobile phone tracking technology to track contacts of people infected with the coronavirus should not be seen as an intrusive Big Brother erosion of privacy rights.
Patent Rights to an Australian Coronavirus cure
While Australian scientists and medical researchers race to find a cure for the coronavirus, a Brisbane intellectual property and patents lawyer says the Crown could use any patent rights to a locally- devised proven vaccine.
Facebook unleashes legal hounds against deceptive web
It’s the lawsuit shaking up the tech world - Facebook is suing an American domain name registrar Namecheap and its proxy service Whoisguard.
Harry & Meghan's pre-emptive trademark move
Prince Harry and Meghan were actively preparing to quit the Royal Family months ago by filing trade mark applications to commercially protect their brand.
New Age of Trade Mark infringement defences in Australia
A cautionary tale for trade mark holders in Australia - there’s a new trend in legal cases to bring a cross claim to declare the trade mark invalid based on it being filed in the wrong name.
Why you should not steal a Domain name at gun point
Every so often there’s a story in the media that beggars belief, like the idiot in America who tried to steal an internet domain name at gunpoint.
Staying safe on the Internet - Trust nobody
Cyber criminals are now so rampant on the Internet trying to rip off victims that it’s becoming safer to adopt a “trust nobody” attitude toward online transactions.
Game Over for Foreign Companies playing with Australian C
Foreign companies that may think they can weasel out of being liable for contracts with Australian clients can thank our computer gamers for a hard won lesson in life.
Whistleblowers now get legal protections
Whistleblowers who report misconduct about companies can now access stronger rights and protections under law changes to the Corporations Act.
Employers warned business trade secrets vulnerable
It sounds like a no-brainer if staff offer to use their own laptops or portable devices for work, but employers should realise it’s actually a very bad idea.
Stop people hiding behind the privacy act
Executives at some prominent Australian organisations who falsely claim to have university degrees could be using the Privacy Act to protect them from being found out.
Why your WIPO TradeMark registration in Australia might b
Why your WIPO TradeMark registration in Australia might be invalid. The International Trademark system administered by the WIPO provides an easy process of filing trademark applications in Madrid Protocol countries.
Can you Trademark a Song or a City? Liverpool FC vs The L
Can you Register a Trademark for a Song or a City? Liverpool FC vs The Locals Liverpool Football Club, one of the oldest and most storied football clubs in the world
Katy Perry Flame’d: Dark Horse infringes Joyful Noise Cop
A nine-person Los Angeles jury has found that Katy Perry’s 2013 song Dark Horse infringes the copyright in Marcus Gray a.k.a Flame’s 2009 song Joyful Noise.
Domain Names now Command the Big Bucks
They used to say you could make a fortune from real estate but the big bucks now are in cyber real estate- buying and selling domain names, and the industry is booming.
Patents and Right of Repair | Re-making patented goods
Patents and the Right of Repair – Ink dries on Re-making patented goods in the Full Court
A USD$12M Lesson in trademark registration - Wawona-ship
A USD$12M Lesson in trademark registration - Wawona-ship of Majestic Yosemite TradeMarks returned to National Park We all learn through bitter experience.
AU TradeMarks 101- Make your mark on the market
We recognise that the value of a brand to a business is important. Global brands like McDonald’s, Red Bull and celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Cardi B and Paris Hilton invest significantly in their brands.
Australian Design Searches just got easier
IP Australia has recently launched a new tool to search Design registrations. The tool is based around the image recognition software already used by IP Australia.
How Kim K and Cardi B learned that their Gimmicks are not
What do Kim Kardashian, rapper Cardi B and Paris Hilton have in common? – all have come unstuck over moves to try and trade mark common words. B
Keeping up with the kimonos - Trade Mark lessons the Kim
Australian entrepreneurs trying to trade mark a popular word as their business brand should take heed of the legal stumble by American celebrity Kim Kardashian.
The LNP learns a valuable lesson in Domain Name protectio
Today the LNP is learning a good lesson on protecting domain names. They let LNP.COM.AU expire and someone grabbed it up and it is now redirected to Bill Shorten's Labor website.
Slater & Gordon attempts to trade mark the phrase "We win
Slater & Gordon is attempting to trade mark a phrase that is common in the legal industry and the EAGLEGATE news article discussing the attempt is getting a run in Australasian Lawyer.
Lessons on protecting your trade mark online
Protect your trade mark online - don't let the domain name drop Learn lessons from Bill Clinton himself. Don't fall asleep at the wheel.
Trade Mark tips from EAGLEGATE
Trade Mark Tips - Controlling Use EAGLEGATE's trade mark tips advert has been published on 4KQ. Listen to the trade mark tips below.
Unethical Cyber Tips: Forging Documents
We all learn through bitter, bitter experiences. Occasionally we get to learn through the bitter experience of other people - today is such a day.
Google Fined US$57M Under GDPR Law
Google has been slapped with a fine of US$57M by French authorities -the first penalty for a U.S. tech giant under new European data privacy rules (GDPR) that took effect last year.
Domino's loses in court because it didn't tag images on i
Dominos has suffered a Court loss in America over its failure to properly tag its images with appropriate names.
McDonald's loses Big Mac trade mark in the EU
Remember that scene in Pulp Fiction where Vince (John Travolta) tells Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) what they call McDonald's quarter pounders in France?
Former Lawyer jailed for 6 years over $10M fraud
A former junior solicitor, has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for stealing almost $10 million from a client’s accounts.
Glencore vs ATO AKA: Information Security/Legal Privilege
Glencore is taking the ATO to the High Court to stop it using stolen information.
Lawyers Weekly Podcast - Cyber Security for Lawyers
Listen in to EAGLEGATE's very first Podcast on Lawyers Weekly - Nicole talks all things cyber for lawyers and how lawyers can be proactive in cyber security in their own firms.
The Weaponisation of Intellectual Property to win a trade
Canadian officials are considering granting Canada’s generic pharmaceutical firms the right to copy, sell and potentially export into the US patent protected drugs.
United Nations Cyber Security Breach
The United Nations is the latest organisation to experience a privacy breach. Again, the privacy breach has occurred through a third party provider and a lack of proper configuration.
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