Way more than an everyday interest in IP
Make a list of all the action films you’ve seen. Now, delete any films that include members of the Special Forces, or the intelligence services. You are left with a couple of Eddie Murphy movies and the Star Wars trilogy (original blend only, thanks).
Last week the Patent Office granted what must be a record extension of time under the extension of time provisions of the Patents Act (section 223). The extension of over 121 months was granted to enable H. Lundbeck A/S (“Lundbeck”) to file an extension of term application for its patent for escitalopram, which expired in June 2009.
A number of new generic top-level domain names (“gTLDs”) were approved in 2000 and 2004 including .aero, .museum, .jobs, .mobi, .tel and .travel. Under the new ICANN guidelines, entrepreneurs, businesses, governments and communities around the world will be able to apply to operate a TLD of their own choosing. This could be their own brand in the form “.brand”, or broader non-specific gTLDs such as “.food”, “.sport”, “.fashion” etc.
Application Process
Turn your mind, just for a moment, to this scenario, which we’ll call “Scenario 1”. It is late October 2011. You are the owner of a successful brand. Naturally, you are perusing Mallesons’ IP Whiteboard for handy tips on protecting your rights and keeping up to date on the latest developments in the world of IP. You decide to Google your brand name and discover that someone has registered [YourBrand.xxx] and posted suggestive photos all over it featuring your iconic branding associated with x-rated content. There is a website visitor-counter in the top ri read more…
Australian biotech company Genetic Technologies (GTG) has announced that it has launched a third round of litigation against US biotech and life sciences companies it says are infringing its patented non-coding DNA technology.
Wonder who CTB is? Well, a Google search will no doubt tell you. Respecting the orders of the court, we’ll simply say he’s a famous English footballer. Worldwide media coverage about CTB’s alleged affair with UK Big Brother contestant Imogen Thomas, has sparked debate about the increasing grant of the “super-injunction”. To clarify, this debate is somewhat misinformed as media sources have inaccurately identified the injunctions obtained as super-injunctions. read more…
Last month, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its findings on reverse payment settlements between pharmaceutical companies in the 2010 US fiscal year.
Just over 3 months after the Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment (Copyright) Bill 2011 was introduced into Parliament, and 2 weeks after it was passed unamended, the Governor General has given her Royal Assent to the Bill. The Amendment took effect on 28 May.
For those unfamiliar with Kesha (stylised as Ke$ha), she rose to fame with her debut single “Tik Tok” which features lyrics such as “Tik Tok on the clock, But the party don’t stop”.
Sometime after the release of Kesha’s single, Wimo Labs applied to register “Tik Tok” as a trade mark in the US and began using the mark in relation to wrist bands used to hold Mp3 players such as iPods.