As foreshadowed in our media update last week, the High Court on 12 November delivered its judgment in the long running patent infringement case between printer toner cartridge giant Seiko Epson and cartridge importer and supplier, Calidad. (The full decision […]
2020 Licensing Year in Review
High licence fees drive NBL club to sport a new look
August 10, 2020
Sydney Kings Logo, Source: Sydney Kings Official Website, sydneykings.com
Sydney Opera House showing its iconic sails. Photo by Tyler Duston on Unsplash
Neither Warm feelings, nor Love, in the air
May 8, 2020
Background ‘Love is in the Air’ (Love) was composed in 1977 by iconic duo Harry Vanda and George Young, made famous in 1978 by John Paul Young, and attained heightened fame in 1992 when it featured in Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly […]
Overnight the USSC handed down its decision on a case we posted about late last year (see here) with five Justices finding that copyright protection does not extend to annotations in GA’s official annotated code, on the basis that legislators […]
Spicing up IP
April 21, 2020
For most Australians “VB” conjures up images of an Aussie backyard BBQ, cricket and quenching a “hard earned thirst” with “a big cold beer, and the best cold beer is Vic. Victoria Bitter”. However, the initials “VB” are also shared […]
Two recent forced re-branding campaigns by Caltex Australia and Australian Geographic highlight the risks in using house brands under licence. In the final instalment of Solubility’s 2019 Licensing Year in Review series, Louise Brunero and Jeff Bergmann discuss two recent […]