Protecting brands

This Sunday 28 February, I’ll be speaking at Buffet, the first tradeshow and public expo in the Asia-Pacific region dedicated to Streetwear, Sneakers, Contemporary Style & Culture, Design, T-Shirts, Accessories and much more.
It’ll be a conversation between Eddie Zammit, t-shirt collector and editor of T-World magazine, and I.
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Microsoft has opened its second flagship retail store (bottom left), and some are saying that these are copies of the Apple stores.
Similarities are lots of open space and broad, clean tables with equipment for customers to try.
Perhaps Microsoft was inspired by the design of Apple stores, which have certainly been successful in showcasing Apple products.
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An Australian manufacturer has won a design infringement case preventing the sale of copycat LED automotive lights.
LED Technologies has a registered design protecting the overall appearance of their rear LED light, used in trucks and trailers. The Court said that a copycat product made by Ren International and imported by Olsen Industries and retailed by Advanced [...]

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This will be one of the fastest and most expensive cars in the world. The Aston Martin One-77, priced at £1 million (= AUD2.1 million).
As an Aston fan, I naturally want one – it’ll be faster and even more fun to drive than my Vantage V8! The interesting thing is that Aston Martin are allowing [...]

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