Copyright is the right to prevent others from copying and modifying what the law calls a “copyright work”. There are certain types of “copyright works” listed in the Copyright Act. Only these types of works attract copyright. Examples of copyright works are written works (e.g. books, blogs,...
Continue ReadingSelecting a company or product name can be very important for a business. This is the name by which customer’s will get to know you. This is the name they will look up in the yellow pages when they want to locate you. And if...
Continue ReadingSocial media sites take impression and click-through revenue from articles generated by the hard work of their membership. Some sites can also copy and make use of any of your posts, including altering them, for whatever purpose that they want, including making all of the content private...
Continue ReadingJust because it is your own name, does not mean that you are entitled to trade under it (even if you have it registered as a company name, a domain name and an Australian business name). If someone else registers your name as a trade...
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Continue ReadingThe case of, REA Group Ltd v Real Estate 1 Ltd [2013] FCA 559 (7 June 2013), has indicated that registering even a descriptive domain name incorporating a logo, can result in a very powerful trademark protection. Read the full decision here. It has always been...
Continue ReadingI have done a trademark search. I have found the identical trademark that I want to use, but it is in a different trademark class to the one I want to register in. Am I safe to use the trademark? NO! You will infringe a registered trademark if you use the...
Continue ReadingImagine someone stealing your book and then publishing it as theirs! The link below contains a cautionary tale. Alarmingly, the fraudster works via eLance, a very popular outsourcing website (although that is not how he stole the book). NOTE: it is an American story, so when...
Continue ReadingIf you prefer to watch this blog in a 2-minute video, Click Here TM Symbol Video Blog The TM means ‘trademark’. Anyone can use TM in conjunction with their brand or trademark. For example, the brand name 'Acacia Law' can be used with TM in any country,...
Continue ReadingRECEIVED A LETTER ACCUSING YOU OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT? Have you received a letter of demand from Getty Images, demanding that you pay between $700 and $800 (or even more), for the use of photographs or images on your website? If so, this blog is written for...
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