Meta Tags and Trade Mark Rights
In today’s digital world, internet search engines are widely used to find and locate data based on key search terms. Search engines will usually provide a list of websites or images it considers relevant or connected to your search terms, and some sites are ranked [...]
Victoria Beckham Opposes Australian Trade Mark Application
In an interesting matter for the Australian Trade Marks Office, global icon Victoria Beckham has sought to rely on her reputation in relation to her initials ‘VB’ in opposing two recent trade mark applications by a third party, VB SKINLAB PTY LTD, for its logo’s [...]
Protect Your Intellectual Property in These Changing Times
Recently, the outbreak of COVID-19 has seen many businesses change their business strategies and business models to cope with the impact of this pandemic. Some businesses have been unable to operate at all, while others have had to scale back their usual operations or expand [...]
A Health Check on Your Privacy Obligations
If you or your business are deemed a “health service” provider and hold “health information” for the purposes of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”), then you need to be aware of your obligations under the Privacy Act and in particular the requirements of the [...]
Trade Mark Owners Take Note: First to File v First to Use
With the prevalence of the internet and social media, growing your brand and your business and connecting with markets overseas has never been easier. In navigating this era of globalisation, it is important that business owners trading under valuable brand names or using other types of [...]
Advertisers Beware – Social Media Influencers paid to promote products must disclose the commercial nature of their posts
The rise and prevalence of advertising via influencers on social media sites has experienced rapid growth. In recent times however, the lack of disclosure by certain influencers of their commercial relationship with the brand owners of the brands which they advertise to followers has been brought [...]
™ And ® – The Art of Using a Trade Mark Symbol
A trade mark is a way of branding and identifying a product or service, and distinguishing those products or services from competitors. Over time, the concept of what is considered to be a trade mark has expanded and can include a logo, word, colour, sound, smell, [...]
Acquisition of part interests in Pharmacies
Pointon Partners has handled the sale and purchase of dozens of pharmacies over the last fifteen years. We have considerable experience in acting for vendors of pharmacies as well as purchasers of pharmacies whether they be first time owners or pharmacists who operate already several [...]
Colour Trade Marks
A trade mark is considered to be a way for consumers to identify a particular good or service, typically known as a “brand”. Whilst most consumers are likely to readily identify a trade mark which is in the form of a logo, it is important to [...]
Do you need to comply with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation?
On 25 May 2018 the new European Union General Protection Regulation (the GDPR) came into force. The GDPR regulates the handling of personal data by “controllers” and “processors”, irrespective of whether the controller or processor was established in the EU. Australian businesses, individuals, public authorities, [...]