Venues (such as restaurants, cafes and bars) that play music must have a licence to do so. Otherwise, they are infringing copyright in the music by playing ...

When filing international trade mark applications from New Zealand or Australia it is possible to: file directly in each country of interest; or for certain ...

We tend to bang on about the benefits of registering trade marks (see these links to previous blogs, for example: http://www.theloft.legal/#!Why-Register-a-T...

It can be a struggle to convince people to register trade marks. (See our earlier blog post for some reasons to register trade marks: http://www.theloft.le...

IPONZ, IP Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand have recently released a paper - Business Briefing: Maximising the potential of Intel...

I was interviewed last week for a documentary on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The interview was all about the intellectual property chapter for the ...

From a trade mark registration perspective, it is important to choose a brand that is "distinctive". This means choosing a brand that is not descriptive of ...

Many people operate on the misconception that, because they have registered a company name or a business name (or even a domain name), they have the unfetter...

Registering a trade mark for your brand name should be a high priority. It's best if you do it before launching, but registering a trade mark at any stage i...