The Changing Legal Landscape in a Digital World
Most sectors of the traditional pre-internet business world have struggled to keep pace with the changes brought about by the globalised digital economy. The law is no exception – around the world legal institutions are trying to catch up, often driven by the...
Do You Know Anything About TMS?
What makes a good trade mark? ‘A trade mark is a sign used, or intended to be used, to distinguish goods or services dealt with or provided in the course of trade by a person from goods or services so dealt with or provided by any other person.’(Ref: s17 Trade Marks...
Is it still worth seeing a financial advisor?
Recently we’ve seen the financial planning and advice industry getting a bad rap at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. The title of the Royal Commission itself is telling. The focus of the investigation...
Marketers V Lawyers. How working together can strengthen your IP.
While marketers and trade mark lawyers have different roles to play with different perspectives, it is the combined input of both that will ultimately nurture and grow a brand. Lawyers are trained to identify problems that may arise in the near or even distant future....
Protecting your brand equity
An important aspect of social media and the interconnected market, is the importance of your brand equity. Brand equity is a vital business asset and attaches most publicly to your trade marks. Registering your trade marks not only helps to strengthen your brand but...
Protecting your brand on a global scale
If you have big plans to expand your brand on a global scale, the countries that you wish to use or potentially license your trade mark in will affect the way in which you approach the protection of your trade marks. If your company is in Australia and one of the...
How can you, the business owner, protect your assets?
Business owners often ask me what they can do to protect their assets if their business runs into trouble. Unfortunately, all too often this question is asked when it’s too late. By the time they ask, trouble is already upon them e.g. they are being sued for failure...
New Unfair Contract Regime Affecting Small Business
From 12 November 2016 amendments to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) (ASIC Act) and the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (CCA) took effect (New Unfair Contracts Regime). The changes extend the unfair contract terms protections...
Are You Operating in the Sharing Economy
No one can accuse today’s tech-savvy startups of not sharing. In fact, it’s becoming the way forward for many industries with Uber being one of the fasting growing startups worldwide. There are also many smaller startups which are joining the ‘sharing economy’...
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