Australian Intellectual Property Journal update: Vol 36 Pt 2
By journalalerts on January 12, 2026
Posted In: Australian Intellectual Property Journal (AIPJ) Tagged: 19th-century common law abattoir agribusiness AIPJ Anglo-Australian legal tradition animal liberation animal welfare activism applicant not owner applied art artistic craftsmanship doctrine artistic works assignment Australia Australian copyright law Australian Design Law Australian Intellectual Property Journal Australian IP Australian Trade Mark Law Australian Works of Artistic Craftsmanship authorised use authorship of trade mark brand ownership breach of confidence Burge v Swarbrick cancellation case law censorship chain of title civics civil liberties common law Comparative Law conceptual separability confidential information constructive trust Consumer Protection Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) copyright law copyright ownership copyright policy copyright protection scope copyright remedies copyright subject matter copyright–design interface craftsmanship David Brennan David J Brennan David Lindsay Denicola functional-constraint test Design Law design policy design/copyright overlap Designs Act 2003 (Cth) Dianne Nicol dispute resolution doctrinal critique doctrinal inconsistency doctrinal tension documentary filmmaking enforcement entitlement to registration equitable discretion equitable remedies equity Federal Court of Australia film filmmaker first use freedom of expression Full Court functional aspects of expression functional constraint good will grounds of opposition High Court of Australia historical foundations human rights balancing implied freedom of political communication industrial design industrially applied works injunctive relief intellectual property interpretive guidance IP enforcement Isobel Taylor judicial discretion judicial interpretation landowner rights law reform legal doctrine development legislative amendment legislative amendments legislative reform licensing litigation Lord Simon product-of-an-artistic-craftsman test opposition origin of title ownership parliamentary intervention passing off permanent injunction physical separability political protest practical impact privacy property law proportionality proprietorship protest public interest publication restraint registered trade mark registration remedies discretion removal for non-ownership repeal of s 58 restitution s 58 section 58 separability principle source identifier function specific restitution Statutory interpretation strategic litigation suppression injunction suppression of publication tests for artistic craftsmanship trade mark law trade mark opposition proceedings trade mark ownership trade mark policy trade mark proprietorship trade marks Trade Marks Act 1995 Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) trespass trespass to land trusts unauthorised filming unjust enrichment US copyright law utilitarian/functional features validity works of artistic craftsmanship Yisheng R Chen