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Some talks (not me) – IPwars.com
Coming to the end of the year, there are events on reforming patent litigation practices and domain name disputes in review. Patent litigation practice Calling it “A very IPRIA Christmas”, IP Australia and IPRIA are hosting on December 7th at 5:30 p.m an end of year celebration exploring “a wish list of practice reforms for […]
It must be Christmas – there’s a copyright issues paper – IPwars.com
The Attorney-General has released a Copyright Enforcement Review: Issues Paper. The Issues Paper begins with a welcome recognition that copyright plays an important role in “Australia’s creative ecosystem and broader economy”: Copyright infringement may harm Australia’s creative ecosystem and broader economy by reducing or diverting income that creators of, and investors in, rely on original […]
GIs, free trade, Australia and the EU – IPwars.com
With the closing stages of the negotiations between Australia and the EU over the proposed free trade agreement almost upon us, the EU has proposed a list of 55 further wine geographical indications it wants to protect.[1] Amongst others, the list includes “prosecco” and “vittoria”. The Department of Agriculture is holding a Public Objections Process […]