Two landmark US supreme court decisions have left Australian manufacturers with export interests in the USA exposed to litigation under US state laws.
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Online ugg boot seller Marksun Australia has been fined $430,000 for engaging in false and misleading conduct, which includes its unauthorised use of the Australian Made logo.
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Trans-Tasman legal disputes resulting from trade should be easier and cheaper to resolve following the passage of legislation through parliament which will bring the Australian and New Zealand legal systems closer together.
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Attorney General Robert McClelland has released the results of a survey showing legal services exports increased by $34 million between 2006-07 and 2008-09. The the third biennial survey commissiond by the International Legal Services Advisory Council canvassed the legal industry over a year to measure earnings from legal services provided to overseas clients and to [...]
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Two of the most difficult experiences I had when working overseas were with trade marks and patents. One of these came about through opportunism, the other a challenge from a competitor who simply wanted to cause disturbance. When you are about to launch a new product, nothing is more depressing than having some little guy [...]
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India is now officially Australia’s third largest trading partner. With a population in excess of 1.3 billion and a growing and increasingly confident affluent middle class of between 300-400 million people, India is proving to have an insatiable appetite for all things western. Fortunately, now more than ever Australian businesses are looking to break out [...]
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Indian Government proposals for regulation of around 500 Indian law firms, the introduction of a compulsory code of practice for lawyers, proposals to ban accountants performing legal work and the possible entry of foreign legal firms into India on a level playing field with local lawyers all potentially have a profound effect on international trade. [...]
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For businesses entering the exciting world of export, there will be some new skill sets required. Those skills range from having the sales, negotiating, and business culture savvy to sign up sales and alliances in a new market, through to understanding the supply chain logistics of safely delivering the product or service to your new [...]
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Recently a company contacted me and was wondering where to begin their thinking in relation to export readiness. It’s a question that occasionally comes up, but on the whole, I see quite a few businesses that don’t appear to put much time into considering it at all. Frightening! A little bit of thought would contribute [...]
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Contrary to popular belief, there is no such thing as an ‘international’ or ‘worldwide’ patent, or ‘international trade mark’ that covers the whole planet in one application. A mechanism exists under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), administered by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), whereby applicants can make international patent applications, however this merely simplifies [...]
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