Brands and Trade Marks | Duncan Bucknell

Clash of brands without trade marks

Be proactive in managing your brands, especially when entering and operating in new markets, even if online. Be quick to identify and avoid or address potential conflicts as the expense and...

Category: Brands and Trade Marks, Disputes and Litigation, Enforce and defend your IP, Product Strategy, Risk management

IP update: vaccines, counterfeits, textbook piracy and tm translations

Here’s an update on what’s been happening in the world of IP lately: Silfab acquires EnPV’s solar panel patent portfolio including the Self-Aligned Back Contact (SABC) technology and an associated trade...

Category: Brands and Trade Marks, Copyright and Designs, Disputes and Litigation, Enforce and defend your IP, Inventions & Patents

Strategic litigation, costs assessments, security for costs and trade mark use

Here’s a brief round up of practical things to remember from recent Australian Federal Court IP decisions. (There’s no real legal analysis here, sorry – this one is for business readers,...

Category: Brands and Trade Marks, Disputes and Litigation, Enforce and defend your IP, Inventions & Patents, Strategic Advice

AI & IP – a brief update

Artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting many facets of intellectual property law and practice. We have to keep in mind both the challenges AI presents and the opportunities it creates for innovators...

Category: Brands and Trade Marks, Copyright and Designs, Increase IP Value, Inventions & Patents, Pursue Excellence, Trade Secrets

Don’t go it alone in IP litigation

A self represented litigant had applied for a trade mark for “BYRON BAY BEACHFRONT APARTMENTS” which was rejected. He appealed to the Federal Court, did not fully understand the process and...

Category: Brands and Trade Marks, Disputes and Litigation, Enforce and defend your IP

Preparing for a new launch

person showing light bulb against dark background

The two main areas to consider are protecting your IP before you lose the chance, and managing risk associated with something new out on to the market. Protecting your IP This...

Category: Brands and Trade Marks, Copyright and Designs, Develop IP, Product Strategy, Risk management

When the IP Is Your Own – Part 3: A Question of Branding?

Early in the movie Jaws, the town mayor berated Chief Brody for wanting to tell people about a possible shark attack off the beach. He said, “You yell barracuda, everybody says,...

Category: Brands and Trade Marks, Product Strategy, Pursue Excellence

Thanks Bloomberg yes those phrases are trademarked but…

Bloomberg published a nice piece just the other day on common phrases that are trademarked. Here are a few: “It’s gonna be awesome” (The Barbarian Group) “We should talk” (Bank of...

Category: Brands and Trade Marks, Develop IP, Enforce and defend your IP, Increase IP Value, Product Strategy, Pursue Excellence, Risk management

Bing, brands and verbification

William Lozito has a great post over at Name Wire, on ‘how to “verb up” your brand’. It’s something some brand owners diligently try to prevent, others embrace. As William mentioned,...