Despite the myriad of measures taken brand owners to defeat infringers, infringers are still willing to take the risk. Lawyers from around the region have shared some recent failed attempts with us. In Australia, Bauer Consumer Media v. Evergreen Television, is particularly notable in this era of increased international trade, says Christina Cavallaro, special counsel
Eakin McCaffery Cox Managing Partner, Mark Doble shows his softer side with a very cute workplace visitor. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6702463211024748544
Eakin McCaffery Cox welcomes Nelson Arias-Alvarez as a Special Counsel in our Litigation dept. Nelson is an experienced construction & projects lawyer practicing at both the front-end and back-end of the project life cycle. Nelson has acted for a broad range of stakeholders in the construction industry and specialises in acting for principal contractors and
Hiding amongst all the material on internal Australian COVID19 restrictions, there is also a prohibition on Australian citizens and permanent residents leaving the country. However, there is some flexibility under the relevant health direction – Biosecurity (Human Biosecurity Emergency) (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) (Overseas Travel Ban Emergency Requirements) Determination 2020 However, there is some
Eakin McCaffery Cox welcomes Tom Wallace as a solicitor in our Litigation Team. With a background in commercial litigation, Tom brings experience having acted for clients in debt recovery, corporate insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings. Tom appears regularly in various State and Federal Courts and maintains professional relationships with insolvency practitioners, small business owners and members
New legislation, which is expected to commence within the next two years, will require all directors of a body corporate registered under the Corporations Act and Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act to register for a Director Identification Number (‘DIN’). https://www.eakin.com.au/director-identification-numbers https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6683173716190490624
This NSW provision hangs off the state “version” of the legislation the Commonwealth required New South Wales to enter into pursuant to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement as incorporated into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11)) with the USA and others. It is to do with, amongst other things, giving tenderers some recourse
On 24 April 2020 the NSW government introduced the Retail and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19) Regulation 2020 [NSW]1 adopting the Mandatory Code of Conduct (Code) for Retail, Commercial & Industrial Leases. The object of the Regulations are to: (a) prohibit and regulate the exercise of certain rights of lessors relating to the enforcement of certain
Novel Way to Amend Other ActsCOVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 The above was introduced to and passed by the NSW Parliament 24 March 2020. Its passing is not surprising. The legislation will implement sundry COVID19 emergency measures to deal with a number of legal situations created by COVID 19. The Act only identifies
Extension of the JobKeeper payment The Government is extending the JobKeeper Payment by a further six months to March 2021. Support will be targeted to businesses and not-for-profits that continue to be significantly impacted by the Coronavirus. The payment rate will be reduced and a lower payment rate will be introduced for
Issues For Business In Difficult Times A list of issues to think about. Not necessarily apt for all situations, but a base to work from. If you run a business confronting hard issues and, after reading this, have any questions, please feel free to contact us. What is changed in my business? Does the business
Force Majeure and Frustration of Contracts due to COVID-19 BACKGROUND The outbreak of COVID-19 has had a significant effect on a number of commercial contracts. In a number of cases, restrictions on gatherings of people and travel have made performance of the contracts difficult, if not impossible. This has raised the issue of whether the
A list of issues to think about. Not necessarily apt for all situations, but a good base which a few people have now used to ground their thinking. If you are interested in starting up a business and, after reading this, have any questions, please feel free to contact us. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6637479952121978880 Read Issues to Think
On 20 February 2020 Eakin McCaffery Cox in affiliation with Australiance is holding a seminar evening on issues for Small Business. Partners Gregory Ross and Stephen Boatswain will be talking on Protection of Intellectual Property for Small Business and Workplace Issues for Start ups. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6629882276324970496
Eakin McCaffery Cox welcomes Dr Stephen Pallavicini as a partner in our Property Team. With many years’ experience in Sydney commercial law firms and as Senior Legal Counsel Commercial Property Stockland and Lead Lawyer / Senior Property Lawyer Woolworths Group, Stephen has a breadth and depth of knowledge in the commercial property field which is
Eakin McCaffery Cox partner Gregory Ross is, in collaboration with Advisers Digest presenting a Webinar on 12 February 2020 “Protection of Intellectual Property for Small Businesses”. Full detail can be found at https://lnkd.in/fs-pNhw https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eakin-mccaffery-cox_join-our-live-webinarwith-guest-presenter-activity-6629870203134148608-yaqJ/
North Shore Wednesday Group 19 June 2019Greg Ross Partner What is the pudding here for? Guest Post: Is Christmas pudding – pudding? What is “Intellectual Property”? Type of property right that covers intangible creations of the human intellect, as opposed to things like land or goods String of different laws and rules mostly limited territorially
Eakin McCaffery Cox Partner Greg Ross discusses the Australian Medical Board’s apparent crackdown on doctors providing Alternative Medicine and Therapies. Introduction The Australian Medical Board (AMB) is considering options for “clearer regulation of medical practitioners who provide complementary and unconventional medicine and emerging treatments”, and has issued a Consultation Paper on its proposals and called
