Many groups are not aware that the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) (Act) provides for a type of trade mark registration exclusively for their use – the collective trade mark.

In August 2021, ASIC announced a plan to introduce changes to the Unfair Contracts Regime. While these changes are not in force yet, if approved, the changes will extend the

The temporary COVID-19 protections for certain NSW commercial and retail lessees provided by the Retail and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19) Regulation 2022 (Regulation) were set to expire on 13 March 2022 (after earlier extensions). The rental relief principles under the

The judges of the Full Federal Court in Repipe Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCAFC 223  have declined to grant leave to appeal from a decision that an

We are now two years into the global pandemic and it seems we are constantly adjusting to how we interact with each other and go about business. When it comes

Recent changes to Australian Consumer Law (ACL) have increased the monetary threshold for determining whether a person acquires goods or services as a “consumer” under section 3(1)(a) of the ACL.

As you may have heard over the weekend, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) decided a major case on Friday involving BHP (Mt Arthur Coal). The CFMMEU (Union) successfully challenged Mt

In a world-first, the Federal Court of Australia (‘Federal Court’) ruled that Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems can be named as inventors of a patent. Dr Thaler is the inventor of