Legal Commentary

Documentary on Counterfeiting - 8 PM Tonight on PBS
National Geographic show tonight, Illicit: The world is under threat from a new kind of international crime wave: illicit trade in everything from knock-off Prada bags to bogus medicines, from dangerous weapons to humans themselves...

Trade mark infringement: who can provide consent
Robert Cutler and Timothy Webb of Clayton Utz review the Brother Industries Ltd v Dynamic Supply Pty Ltd decision considering establishing consent as a defence to trade mark infringement...

"Charitable Solicitations: Saying "No" Gracefully"
By Bob Weiss: “How do you graciously decline solicitations for local charities, including those made by clients and referral sources,...

Keyword advertising & trade mark infringement
This is a quick heads-up on two recent trade mark infringement judgments, both to do with the use of a third party's trade mark in a keyword advert. Keyword adverts are the sponsored links that sit alongside ordinary search results...

Corrs Chambers Westgarth - End of the Line for Trade Mark Oppositions
IP Down Under at http://ipdownunder.com/corrs-chambers-westgarth-end-of-the-line-for-trade-mark-oppositions/.Corrs Chambers Westgarth reviews a recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia of The Scotch Whisky Association v...

Sony Abuzz about Trade-mark Suit
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is facing claims of trade-mark infringement from Buzztime Entertainment, a California-based maker of interactive electronic trivia games that are often found in bars and restaurants...

Trade Secrets
Former execs are hit with doctrine of inevitable disclosure.

Mark Eagleson
$63,725 restitution settles fraud lawsuit.

Ford F-150 Recall
alleging a hose in the F-150 and Lincoln Mark LT pickup trucks could affect braking power.

Trade Secrets
Razorsight agreed to pay $4.5 million settlement in infringement lawsuit.

Newspaper Publisher
Star Tribune must pay St. Paul Pioneer Press a $3.8 million trade secrets act violations settlement.