archive for January, 2010...

Microsoft ‘envision the future’

http://www.netregistry.com.au/blog/?p=312?grc=&RefCode=RNL_NOV09

Business name registration is not a guarantee that other people don’t have rights to the name

A pending, or registered, trade mark may be grounds for another party to stop you using your registered business name

Look for potentially conflicting pending and registered trade marks before adopting a trading name

- look before you leap!

In this video Patent and Trade Mark Attorney Michael Buck discusses a common problem that arises where a business or product name is settled on without checking if other parties already have it registered as a trade mark.

Other parties may be able to enforce their own right to the name, for example, under the common law tort of Passing Off, under the Trade Practices Act or, as discussed in this video, by virtue of their own registration of the name under the Trade Marks Act.

Make sure you understand that none of business name, company name or domain name, registration actually gives you a guarantee that you can use your chosen name in trade. Check to see if you are likely to infringe any third party rights to the name you’ve chosen.

This 4 minute video discusses the issue in greater detail…

http://www.patentsandtrademarks.com.au/01video.html

Do you know Ronnie Muhl? In 2007, Ronnie Muhl became the 7th South African to summit Mt. Everest via the north – east ridge and in so doing fulfilled a 28 year old dream. We met him at a conference on the Gold Coast late last year when he recounted the story of his successful Everest Expedition. During his inspiring talk he gave us this gem…

‘When you are at your weakest, it demands you to perform at your best’

I thought it was worth sharing.

Here’s Ronnie’s site where you can watch a live radio interview he did from the summit.

http://ronniemuhl.com/