successfully acted in Federal Court proceedings commenced by Chevron Global Energy against Ampol Australia regarding Ampol’s transition from the CALTEX brand to the AMPOL brand. Chevron’s claims to own the colour red for certain aspects of service stations were rejected, leaving Ampol free to proceed with its transition rollout.

successfully acted in Federal Court proceedings commenced by McDonald’s against Hungry Jack’s for their use of the BIG JACK trade mark. The Court ruled that BIG JACK does not infringe the well-known BIG MAC trade mark. Aspects of the case relating to Hungry Jack’s claim that its Big Jack burger contained “25% more Aussie beef” are continuing with a claim for damages by McDonald’s.

providing regular advice to a range of media publishers of news, current affairs, documentaries and podcasts, including Seven West Media, Australian Associated Press and Australian News Channel (Sky News) on pre-publication issues involving defamation, contempt, copyright and compliance with various publication Codes of Conduct. Also acting for those media clients in disputes arising from the content published by them.

acted for Seven West Media in a range of litigation matters affecting the property, intellectual property and reputation of Seven West Media, including its various television interests. This work includes advising on Seven’s leading weekly current affairs program, “Spotlight”, and acting in current Federal Court proceedings involving defamation and copyright claims against Seven.

acting for the Stake Gaming group of companies in Federal Court proceedings commenced by the Stakeshop investment business which seeks to restrain the use of our client’s STAKE trade mark in Australia in relation to its international online gaming business.