Mark J Williams

Australian Patent & Trade Mark Attorney. Views are my own.

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

Fair dinkum, they have made a blue here - this line in this recent Australian Trade Mark Office Decision almost had me choking on my weet-bix. #strewth #bonza #ripper #trademarks #auslaw https://t.co/XoWRTEFgl6

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

AU: CAPILANO (of honey fame) has failed in its bid to oppose the grant of the trademark CAPILANO for #cannabis products.

Sadly, the judgment does not extend to para #420 nor is there a section 420 of the Trade Marks Act 1995. https://t.co/bpBVE9RWI3 #trademarks

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

Australian Trademark Office decisions can be both entertaining and informative. Sojo Pty Ltd v Rebel Power Pty Ltd [2021] ATMO 102 https://t.co/E3RHfeUvik #shithot #trademarks #intellectualproperty #auslaw

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

Australia: Commissioner of Patents has today appealed the Federal Court decision in Thaler v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCA 879 to the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia. #dabus #patents #auslaw #intellectualproperty

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

Australia: EMI gets the Pete Best treatment as Haberdashery store prevails in opposition by EMI to ABBEY ROAD for textiles. https://t.co/Le9862lMW9 #trademarks #auslaw #intellectualproperty

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

DCC/Qantm have updated their logo to a delightful Bauhaus inspired number ....but what does that have to do with Jamaica?
https://t.co/pPCV7Ej9Ye
#trademarks #intellectualproperty #auslaw

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

Opponent fails to get up in this "stimulating" Australian patent opposition decision https://t.co/iX5zzi9gbQ #intellectualproperty #patents #auslaw

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

@tom_cowie Got your logo sorted Tom

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

@patentology haha... tempted to add a coin slot, a bill
acceptor, a card reader to some of my cloud computing cases ;-P

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

Iron Chef defeated in Australian trademark cook-off https://t.co/M7N2FSMOOU It's enough to make Chairman Kaga choke on a raw capsicum

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

Australian Trademark Office delegate finds that ALBI by Gage Road Brewing is not deceptively similar to ALDI (beers).

Also a nice reference to cult 80s "documentary" film-maker Alby Mangels. https://t.co/syHPfnFBXQ

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

@henry_hughes I thought you might say that! haha

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

Charcuterie boards at 20 feet over proposed new EU geographical indications in Australia. Winemakers, having dealt with this years ago, watching from the sidelines with a glass of sparkling wine. Here's the proposed list with the detail https://t.co/go5IZixw7t

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

@henry_hughes maybe a request for Manuka honey as a GI in Europe is in order... now would that be an AU or NZ GI? ;-P

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

Sportsbet #trademark for SAME GAME MULTI rejected under 41(3) https://t.co/u5uznhr4Cb This tidbit probably didn't help matters

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

@bengrubb Fun fact... His great grand father Isador Magid invented... TWISTIES back in the day.. full circle?! haha

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

@humbleminion @IPAustralia You are right Rokt-ify or Rokt-ly is the way to go. ;-P

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

Patentability of Software: @ipaustralia appeals Federal Ct judgment in ROKT which found that digital advertising system and method is patentable subject matter. #auslaw
https://t.co/Px3zogXuAC

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

Australia's Innovation Patent is under threat from the Government & @IPAustralia

The video below features Australian business owners on the ramifications should it be abolished #savetheinnovationpatent

https://t.co/IeH6aYYgg1

[Mark J Williams @mjwip]

@IPAustralia @uspto It beggars belief that the AUSTRALIAN trademark office is providing advice (and it is advice) around filing trademarks before the United States patent & trademark office. As our American friends might say… *stay in your lane* ping @aipla