Tag archives: licence

Authorised use or something fishy? – Implications for trade mark ‘use’ in Australia in the inter-company context

By Georgina Hey (AU) and Matt Allen (AU) on November 27, 2019 Posted in Trademark

Trade mark licensing arrangements can often offer significant benefits for trade mark owners by increasing brand exposure and royalty revenue streams. However, as we have previously reported, recent Australian cases (such as Lodestar Anstalt v Campari America LLC [2016] FCAFC 92 (Lodestar)) demonstrated that licensing arrangements may expose trade mark owners to the risk of … Continue reading

Calidad v Seiko – defining the scope of the implied licence

By Helen Macpherson (AU) and Harrison Ottaway (AU) on July 30, 2019 Posted in General

One of the more controversial questions in patent law is the extent to which a patentee may continue to exercise control over patent-protected goods after their sale. This question invokes competing tensions between the rights of the patentee and the rights of the purchaser to free enjoyment of goods they have purchased. In a number … Continue reading