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Predicting the future for “green” claims: The Full Federal Court provides guidance on representations as to future matters (Australia)
Marketing products as ‘environmentally friendly’ is an increasingly popular way for businesses to capture consumer attention. As the popularity of such …
Exploring Opportunities: Acquiring IP assets in a changing world (Global)
As governments around the world take the first tentative steps to ease lockdown measures, people and businesses are beginning to focus on a return to …
Takeaways from the In-N-Out and Down-N-Out burger brands battle (Australia)
A series of recent Federal Court cases in Australia provides a warning to “cheeky” traders whose marketing draws too closely on the brand and reputation …
Fighting for a consumer-friendly market: stricter rules in the EU
A spate of high-profile cases across the EU has brought the spotlight firmly on how to combat unfair commercial practices and increase consumer …
Full Federal Court warns infringers: Australian IP owners entitled to broad injunctions
It can be difficult for patent owners to decide whether to pursue litigation against infringers without a clear idea of whether the remedies likely to be …
ACCC issues guidance on competition risks in IP transactions: Beware the inadvertent cartel
The ACCC has issued final Guidelines on how Australia’s competition laws will apply to intellectual property assignments and licences following the …
Is your Australian trade mark culturally appropriate?
In the globalised world in which we live, culture is certainly trending, but brands need to keep cultural sensitivities in mind to avoid marketing …
Challenges in the Consumer Sector: Moving towards sustainable plastic use
In the final article in a three-part series, Susan Black and Julie Vaughan of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP examine how the use of plastic is regulated in …
Modifying patented goods post-sale: repairing or remaking?
A recent decision by the Full Federal Court has shed further light on the rights of businesses when selling or acquiring patented goods. The Court has …
Challenges in the Consumer Sector: Adapting to the new reality
In the second of our series of three feature articles on Challenges in the Consumer Sector being published in PLC Magazine this summer, Susan Black, John …
Challenges in the Consumer Sector - Transformative Technology
Herbert Smith Freehills' Consumer sector team have had the first of a series of three feature articles published on Challenges in the Consumer Sector, in …
Herbert Smith Freehills Milan Office wins second industry award in a week
Herbert Smith Freehills' Milan Managing Partner Laura Orlando has taken home her second award in the last week, winning 'Food Lawyer of the Year' at the …
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