While many of us create, use and enjoy copyright materials every day, there is widespread confusion about how copyright comes into being, how ownership is obtained and what copyright does and does not protect.


Trade mark owners need to be vigilant about renewals following recent changes

Merely registering a company, business or domain name will not give you an exclusive right to use that name.

Building a valuable brand isn't easy. It is, however, all too easy to jeopardise or destroy the value of a brand by making mistakes in trade
mark selection and registration and failing to properly protect trade mark rights.

If you believe that another party has abusively registered a domain name in relation to a registered trade mark of yours, or another party
has (or may) contest your registration of a domain name, you should seek legal advice.

Kliger Partners recently successfully defended a manufacturer and wholesaler of a range of fast moving consumer goods against a much larger rival manufacturer’s claims of passing off and a breach of the Trade Practices Act. Despite trying to drive our client out of the market, our client was cleared by the Federal Court of Australia in the process.