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07/06/16

Axl Rose’s Big Issue: Singer files DMCA complaint with Google over unflattering pictures

Axl Rose, Guns N’ Roses frontman, has sought to employ the take down provisions of the US’s DMCA – or Digital Millennium Copyright Act – to demand Google remove certain concert images of him from their search engine. While it seems at least part of Rose’s motivation is removing unflattering pictures from circulation, he is...

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Three’s a crowd – Tinder sues threesome App 3nder

It appears Match Group, the owners of dating app Tinder, have or are shortly intending to launch trade mark infringement action in the UK against new threesome rival app 3nder. Tinder reportedly issued a cease and desist letter to 3nder in December 2015 demanding that 3nder shut down its website and remove all references to...

Brand protection – it’s not child’s play

Two children’s toy manufacturers have gone head to head in a trade mark dispute heard before the Federal Court of Australia. The dispute arose when Australian company Playgro alleged its PLAYGRO trade marks were infringed contrary to s 120(1) of the Trade Mark Act 1995 (Cth) by Playgo Art & Craft Manufactory and Playgo Toy...

The Power of the McTrademark!

Giant global fast-food conglomerate McDonalds has successfully opposed the registration of “McKosher” in Australia. Although McDonalds do not have a registered trade mark in Australia for “McKosher”, McDonalds argued that many of their registered and unregistered trade marks incorporate the prefix “Mc”, which are of the ilk, ‘McFood’ where the element ‘Food’ is variable...

Playing the Trump Card – The Role of Trade Marks in the US Election

Say what you will about Mr Donald Trump – he never loses sight of a business opportunity. Back in November 2012, immediately after Mitt Romney lost the election to Barack Obama, Trump applied for the trade mark ‘Make America Great Again’, a slogan first used by Ronald Reagan who successfully campaigned in 1980 with the...

Tats not fair…Who really owns your tattoo?

Solid Oak Sketches, a small agency that represents tattoo artists, is suing Take-Two Interactive and Visual Concepts, the digital games companies behind the NBA2K video game. Solid Oak Sketches claims the companies have infringed their copyright by featuring eight of their tattoos in its basketball video games since at least 2013, with one of the...

Prince lives on, in his trade mark form

Just days before his death, a trade mark application lodged by Prince was approved for publication in the US. The application sought to protect the “Prince” name in classes 25 and 41, covering clothing and entertainment in the nature of live musical performances respectively. The application was filed by Paisley Park Enterprises, Prince’s primary business...

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