Differences between trademark, business and domain names

Did you know that registering a business, company or domain name does not give you any proprietary rights (i.e protection)? Only a trademark can provide that kind of protection. If for example you register a business, company or domain name, you do not automatically have the right to use that name as a trademark. The…

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Boss Lawyers acknowledged for its pro bono legal work

Mr Mark Harley of Brisbane Boss Lawyers has been recognised as one of 34 lawyers across Australia for his outstanding contribution to Arts Law Australia’s artists in 2014. Mr Harley was honoured to be recognised in the exclusive compilation.

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Unfair Preference Claim by Liquidator

Sections 588FA (1), 588FC and 588FE of the Corporations Act together prescribe the elements necessary for a liquidator to establish in order to be successful in a preference recovery action. It is useful to set out those provisions in full. Section 588FA (1) 588FA(1) [What is unfair preference] A transaction is an unfair preference given…

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Limiting your losses: Indemnities and exclusion of liability

The following is part six of a six part series on credit applications and the terms and conditions that accompany them. The purpose of these blogs is to enlighten you as to the various pitfalls of terms and conditions documents

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