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The intellectual property involved in the production of non-alcoholic beer.

Are you a criminal? You might need to re-think your answer if the Federal Government passes its proposed new copyright laws. The proposed laws introduce tough criminal provisions that could catch out a lot of people.

When developing an app, focus on understanding your users and their needs.

When politicians start describing acts of common sense as "groundbreaking" then you must wonder what you’ve been missing out on in the past.

From a brand protection perspective, registered trade marks generally trump copyright.

When referring to a building name in advertising and marketing, for example on a website to promote accommodation services, you may be liable for trade mark infringement if you have not sought the brand owner's consent.

UK and US synchronise patent prosecution process.

It is all very well to be conscientious about protecting your intellectual property (IP), and this is relatively easy within Australia given that our laws in this area are about as sophisticated as they come. However, in other jurisdictions, the protections may not be as strong. In fact, there might not even be any system of protection for the various types of IP.

Intangible assets, such as tradeable intellectual property, goodwill and know-how, could make or break a business.

This article examines some of the more salient reforms from the perspectives of both local and foreign applicants.

Arbitration has significant advantages which could be mutually beneficial to parties in the resolution of IP disputes.

In Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Limited [2010] FCA 984, the Federal Court held that newspaper headlines are not substantial enough to qualify for copyright protection and that even if they are, their reproduction by news aggregating services, including where the reproduction is part of a commercial enterprise in competition with the original publisher, would be protected under the defence of fair dealing.

There is a major fall short when affording IP rights to cultural groups, communities, or traditional/indigenous owners.

Article explores the impacts of AI on copyright law, particularly in relation to traditional authorship constructs.

This was the sentiment expressed by Beach J in the Federal Court's recent finding that artificial intelligence (AI) can be an inventor under Australian law in Thaler v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCA 879.

On 20 March 2020, a judgment of the New South Wales Court of Appeal observed a range of principles relevant to online defamation in a case involving defamatory Facebook posts: Stoltenberg v Bolton; Loder v Bolton [2020] NSWCA 45.

The Australian Law Reform Commission has completed a major examination of gene patenting to ensure that Australia's intellectual property laws can deal with the rapid advances being made in genetic research.