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In Kiwi Fresh Orange Company Limited v Monde Nissin (Australia) Pty Ltd 2020 NZIPOTM 26, despite spill-over reputation from the Australian market, the Assistant Commissioner declined to find a likelihood of deception or confusion due to the low distinctiveness of Monde Nissin’s marks.
Read moreFollowing on from the consultation late last year the Australian Government has now introduced and given the first reading of the Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Bill 2020.
Read moreIn Lonza NZ Limited v Koppers Performance Chemicals New Zealand 2020 NZIPOPAT 4 the Assistant Commissioner confirmed that close prior art is not sufficient for a finding of obviousness.
Read moreIn Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of Cyprus Named Halloumi v Babel Sajt Kft 2020 EWHC 2858 a UK Judge held that the Hearings Officer was wrong to hold that members of the trade do not qualify as average consumers for the purposes of evaluating the likelihood of confusion.
Read moreThe Supreme Court of New Zealand has issued its decision in Ortmann, van der Kolk, Batato, Dotcom v USA and Anor [2020] NZSC 120. The case relates, among other things, to s 131 of the Copyright Act 1994, which sets out criminal offences in relation to copyright works.
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