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Month: March 2016

Queensland company forced to cancel business name by Uber

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Posted by Kirstie Barfoot on 31 Mar 2016

Uber recently forced a small Queensland company by the name of Muber to change their registered business name. Muber general manager, Manne Padowitz, was contacted by Uber about the similarities between the names of the companies, in circumstances where Uber is a successful and internationally recognised brand.

Tagged: trade marking, trade mark business name, brand false representation, brand goodwill, uber, Muber, Manne Padowitz
Kylie Minogue and Kylie Jenner fight to register trade mark over the name 'Kylie'

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Posted by on 17 Mar 2016

Kylie Jenner, modelling and reality television personality, applied through the United States Patent and Trade mark Office to register ownership of the name 'Kylie'. This trade mark was dispute by KBD, the business representatives of Australian musician, Kylie Minogue.

Tagged: Kylie Minogue, Kylie Jenner, trademarking the name Kylie, trade marking name, United States Patent and Trade mark Office, www.kylie.com
FBI v Apple - Implications for digital security

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Posted by on 10 Mar 2016

The FBI and Apple are in a bitter legal war over access to information on the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino attackers. The FBI wants Apple to create a new iPhone operating system that will circumvent several security features in order to install it on the attacker's iPhone to access files and data.

Tagged: FBI and Apple, digital technology security

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