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Tania Voon
Melbourne
Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School
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I don't agree with the assumption that from a public health perspective a ban on cigarettes is necessarily better than plain packaging or that a ban will necessarily do more to reduce smoking than plain packaging. Remember prohibition?!
More on Registration and Use of Trademarks: All or Nothing
Yesterday I asked how a product ban compares with plain packaging, in terms of the impact on trademark rights. After conversations with several people who saw a distinction between a product ban and plain packaging with regard to trademark rights, I had some additional thoughts. It seems to me ...
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Plain Packaging: The International Dispute Proceedings
As discussed in the last post, Australia successfully defended the domestic challenge to its plain packaging laws. So what are the prospects for the plain packaging complaints at the WTO and under the Australia-Hong Kong BIT? Some experts weigh in. At Lawyers Weekly, Andrew Mitchell says the W...
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