06 Jun, 2024 Use It or Lose It – Lessons from Seven Network v 7-Eleven Inc By Rebecca Currey Meggie Zhang A challenge by 7-Eleven has seen Seven lose its Australian registered trade mark for “7NOW” for the vast majority of goods and services...
27 Feb, 2024 A Bone to Pick with Distinctiveness of Trade Marks By Lynne Lewis Sanya Bhatnagar Is the mark “Melbourne Bone and Joint Clinic” (the MBJC Mark) for medical and orthopaedic surgery type services in classes 35 and 44...
19 Jun, 2023 Challenges in protecting and enforcing Intellectual Property in the African continent By Daniel Anti A previous article looked at the growing importance of intellectual property (IP) in Africa (see here). In this article we consider some...