In jurisdictions where recreational cannabis use is legal, traditional selective breeding techniques have been used to develop thousands of new cannabis varieties or strains.

This article covers events which occurred in March 2020, including the ACCC's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is the latest in a series detailing developments in competition and consumer law in Australia, including the activities of Australia's competition and consumer regulator, the ACCC, published judgments, recently issued proceedings ...

On 17 March 2020, the Federal Court of Australia in Quaker Chemical (Australasia) Pty Ltd v Fuchs Lubricants (Australasia) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] FCA 306, decided that a company had indirectly infringed two patents ...

In an interesting and long-anticipated decision, the Federal Court has ordered the partial cancellation of registrations for the trade marks DUNLOP and (DUNLOP/FLYING D Marks)

DCC Insights (Issue 17) showcases the latest IP and legal articles, industry updates, and DCC news and events.

As I discussed in an earlier article of 3 May 2019[1] SC Johnson and Son Inc (Johnson) applied to register the ZIPLOC trade mark in class 16, for plastic bags and related goods.

Many New Zealand trade mark actions are lost due to poor or inadmissible evidence, which was demonstrated again in the recent New Zealand trade mark invalidity decision of Zhengtao Jian v Pit Viper, LLC [2021] NZIPOTM 21 (23 August 2021).

The Federal Court of Australia has handed down its decision in State of Escape Accessories Pty Ltd v Schwartz [2020] FCA 1606 finding that a neoprene bag was not a work of artistic craftsmanship, ...

The growing importance of intellectual assets (IA), means that their management has become a key imperative for business leaders globally.

Patentability criteria vary from one country to another often based on local statutory requirements and/or judicial rulings.

As this position differs from other jurisdictions, such as the U.S. and Europe, it can be a costly pitfall for unsuspecting pharmaceutical patentees in Australia.

The Full Federal Court recently handed down the fourth decision in the long-running saga between PKT Technologies Pty Ltd (Fairlight) and Peter Vogel Instruments Pty Ltd (PVI): [2019] FCAFC 216.

The Supreme Court of Victoria (Delaney J) handed down a decision in favour of the taxpayers in Razzy Australia Pty Ltd & Anor v Commissioner of State Revenue [2021] VSC 409 on 9 July 2021 ("Interest and Costs Decision").

On 16 April 2021, the Federal Court ruled that Google LLC and Google Australia Pty Ltd had contravened the Australian Consumer Law by misleading consumers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices ...

China has long been an attractive location for companies to manufacture goods for distribution elsewhere

A recent New Zealand trade mark opposition decision indicates just how difficult it is to lodge evidence "out of time", demonstrating a distinction between Australian and New Zealand trade mark oppositions.

In this case, Amazon applied for removal of Unilever's New Zealand registration No. 74364 SURPRISE on the grounds of non-use.

The New Zealand Patent Office (IPONZ) has traditionally applied a hardline approach to double patenting, particularly in relation to parent-divisional claim overlap.

On 28 April 2020, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled that a university had not infringed the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic) when it collected images with sexual content from an employee's computer, ...