Dave Stewart

IP lawyer, trade mark attorney. Adjunct professor of law, Murdoch University. Interests: AI ethics, character merchandising, GIs. Member: INTA, PTMG, AIDV, IBA.

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The Australian Government is calling for submissions on the regulation of artificial intelligences. The deadline for submissions is 26 July 2023.

“We will use your feedback to inform consideration across government on any appropri…https://t.co/fvgu9KGa6a https://t.co/ALszqQLHvW

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Dread the bad Google review? Here is an entertaining article on how keyboard warriors leaving defamatory online reviews are getting their comeuppance in Australian courts. There is also a cautionary tale on how regulators are crack…https://t.co/edXsVDk2tF https://t.co/0SJS67lsBH

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Bundaberg Brewed Drinks has filed an Australian trade mark application for an image of its famous ginger beer bottle.

Fair enough... but it covers "clothing, footwear, headgear, pyjamas"? "An uncomfortable fit", was my first thought.

But I think the a…https://t.co/emcnUIK5Nx

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I'm pleased to say I have been invited back to speak at the State of Social conference this year (thanks, @TexanMeg!).

I always get the scary topics. This year - a social media law update. Here is the spiel:

Legal regulatory changes have occurred rapi…https://t.co/WjX6zUfvp4

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Once again I am endeavouring to raise money for Lifeline Australia by temporary transforming my flaccid lawyer arms into rippling pythons. I am aiming for the goal of 3114 push-ups within 24 days. The number 3114 sadly represents t…https://t.co/vIeLne0Zd3 https://t.co/YTOy78ZvHU

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@Mike_Cherney of The Wall Street Journal and I had a chat last week about a certain cartoon character and a proposed football team name. Here is his very entertaining write-up: 

(I'm uncertain about the "Tasmanian TurboChooks" as…https://t.co/sUiT0tijwN https://t.co/m9istwYkmN

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Eventually you get old and grey enough that even august organisations start recognising you as a "Fellow". This recognition brought a spring to my step, almost but not quite counteracting the creaking joints of my ankles and knees. https://t.co/VV3ifUWt4e

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I talked about the AFL's trade mark application for a logo for a new Tasmanian team back in 2020. Today, I spoke to Henry Belot at The Guardian newspaper about the potential dispute with Warner Brothers.

Nice to see I was prove…https://t.co/9nxdJlYJHI https://t.co/xYGpT6Ylo5

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There are those who spend a lot of time editing (as I do) and never gave thought to the respective meanings of editorial notation. So, here you go:

* NB = “nota bene�� (Latin for “note well”).

* Sic = Latin for “so”, or “thus”. (This is used to indicate…https://t.co/BdTCRdOYzM

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This new Australian trade mark application relates the establishment of an electric car recharging network by the two Western Australian government power utilities, Horizon Power (Regional Power Corporation) and Synergy (Electricity Generation and Retail…https://t.co/Ay6PIPbUun

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"Mooting" is not a verb well-understood by non-lawyers, and is often dreaded by law students. And then you have the sort of mooting judges who take grim delight in being the bat instead of the ball for an evening. Well done to these competitors including…https://t.co/eYw0FERZnb

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Prada Group has filed this new Australian trade mark application, now in its opposition window and based upon a corresponding EU application. Prada's website explains what it is about:

"Prada Re-Nylon is entirely crafted from a regenerated nylon created…https://t.co/R5DdwmijUj

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This Australian trade mark application was filed by The Coca-Cola Company in September 2022. A Google search of "Coca Cola Creations" introduced me to an entirely new level of digital consumer interaction, some of which has at best marginal reference to b…https://t.co/lJ1LAf94Gs

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I had forgotten how much fun mooting is for the judges, and not so much for the participants. Well done to the Notre Dame Law Students'​ Society (NDLSS) for organising the event, and to each of the participants for giving it a go and thereby mitigating th…https://t.co/lMclmgwo7y

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Working as a lawyer in Perth and want to try something new? Ever thought about intellectual property? https://t.co/SxAdNCtz3s

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DC Comics filed an Australian trade mark application for "BLUE BEETLE", no doubt in anticipation of the forthcoming superhero movie of the same name. "Blue Beetle" is a character created in 1939. It was acquired by DC Comics from Charleston Comics a few y…https://t.co/dKIFv2qXV8

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It is not really Christmas, in my view, until Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Plaza, and that festive sentiment seems to have led to this pending Australian trade mark application for "A Very Die Hard Christmas". Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation has…https://t.co/x54SAB0OTA

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This pending Australian trade mark application is for the fascinating site, The Beige Index: https://t.co/8QpYJrdjoU . It is a survey of the ethnicity of actors appearing in 250 motion pictures. "How diverse are your favourite film casts?"asks the website…https://t.co/CV8yWDQEFM

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A somewhat blurry of the panel from the IPBC Australasia conference in Melbourne last week, with our session to do with combating IP infringement. I am completely biased but we were the best session of the day! (We also had a brilliantly engaged audience,…https://t.co/KxzWgTi6RT

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I was intrigued to see that the BBC was able to secure an Australian trade mark registration for the visual representation of the Tardis back in 2016, without any challenge from an Australian trade mark examiner. For those who don't know, the Tardis is a…https://t.co/vHysA5GPut