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The world-renowned fast-food restaurant McDonald's' first franchise was opened on April 15th, 1955 in Des Plaines, Illinois. Since then, the global foodservice retailer has franchised and operated a total of 38,695 restaurants. In Australia, there is currently a public feud between Mc...

Have you heard of a ride share company called Uber? You know, the global disruptor of the taxi industry which we all order from our phones after one too many margaritas!

Well, what happens when the Global giant that is UBER discover another business owns a similar prior registered Trademark ...

Great clients doing great things! Congratulations to Shammi Prasad on the opening of his new bar in Broadbeach - Memory Lane.  ...

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission 'ACCC' has yet again 'promoted competition, fair trading and regulating national infrastructure for the benefits of all Australians' as per their mandate.  In this particular instance, the ACCC are enforcing the Franchisi...

Ferrari is no stranger to rivalries with other sports car manufacturers.  In fact, Automobili Lamborghini was founded in May 1963 after Enzo Ferrari snubbed Ferruccio Lamborghini's mechanical recommendations on their road cars.  Mind you, at that time Lamborghini was in the tracto...

With the recent loss of this basketball GOAT on 26 January 2020, we would like to honour his on-court greatness by informing you of his off-court Intellectual Property.  Many sports fans are aware of Kobe's awards and accomplishments that derive from the cross over ankle-breaking putti...

It comes with great sadness that Edward Lodewijk Van Halen lost his battle to cancer at the age of 65.  However, he will live on through intellectual property rights.  Most are aware of his great success as the lead guitar player in Van Halen.  Van Halen reigned all over the rock...

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY CALL FOR HELP AMID ABORIGINAL FLAG COPYRIGHT ISSUES
  The AFL and Indigenous community are outraged over WAM Clothing Pty Ltd owning the exclusive use of the Aboriginal flag design. There are widespread calls for the AFL and the Australian Government to protest a co...

United States Patent And Trademark Office, Et Al, Petitioners v Booking.Com B.V.
The world's leading digital travel company Booking.com has recently won a key legal trade mark case where the Court found "booking.com" was not a 'generic term' and could be a registered t...

Musician's invest time, money and emotion into their musical works.  A common trait arises with musicians, which is a lack of knowledge within the legal field and the avoidance of using lawyers to review or use contractual agreements.   On occasion, disputes arise over who ow...