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Curvy Edges and a Credible Expert Witness: Apple Inc [2017] ADO 4 (16 May 2017)
On 8 March 2013, Apple, Inc (the Owner) filed a registration application under the Designs Act 2003 (Cth) (“the Act”) for an “Input mechanism for an earphone” (the Design). The Design was entered on the Register of Designs on 27 June 2013 and had a priority date of 8 Septembe...
Philip Morris Ordered to Pay Australia’s Legal Costs After Failing to Challenge Plain Packaging Laws
The Permanent Court of Arbitration has recently ordered tobacco company Philip Morris to pay the Australian government’s costs, after Philip Morris failed to get the Australian government’s plain packaging legislation overturned. For the uninitiated, the ...
Case Note - Swinburne v Boase [2016] WASC 299 - Always Support the Caveat with a Charging Clause or Some Other Express Grant of a Proprietary Interest
It is not uncommon for loan and residential construction agreements (or similar) to include a clause noting the lender is entitled to lodge a caveat over land. Sometimes this happens where a borrower deletes the charging provision/s but retains the provision entitling the lender to lodge a caveat. ...